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IBM Cognos Portlets in IBM WebSphere Portal.IBM Cognos Portal Services provides a set of out-of-the-box "portlets" that allow organizations to easily manage and display IBM Cognos business intelligence and reporting solutions within IBM WebSphere Portal Server.
How do I get the WebSphere Portlets?
The IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos ReportNet portlets are provided free with IBM Cognos software; and the IBM Cognos Series 7 portlets are provided free with IBM Cognos Web Services. The portlets are available as options during the respective product installation processes.
IBM Cognos Portal Services
Incorporating IBM Cognos reports, analysis, dashboards, and scorecards in IBM's Enterprise Information Portal helps drive higher returns on both BI and portal investments made by an organization.
IBM Cognos Portal Services provides out-of-the-box portlets, for IBM Cognos 8 BI, IBM Cognos Series 7, and IBM Cognos ReportNet, allowing users to navigate, search, and view reports and other custom content:
| IBM Cognos 8 Portlets | |
|---|---|
| IBM Cognos Navigator | Assists users in browsing through IBM Cognos Connection folders and content. |
| IBM Cognos Search | Assists users in finding IBM Cognos BI and report content saved in the IBM Cognos Connection folder structure. Learn more. |
| IBM Cognos Viewer | Lets users view and interact with IBM Cognos reports. This brings IBM Cognos BI functionality directly into the Web-based portal environment without forcing users to go into different programs or applications. |
| IBM Cognos Extensible Applications Portlet | Enables users to view and interact with unique IBM Cognos applications containing their custom user content and options. These portlets are open and fully extensible and can be customized in a programmatic manner. |
| IBM Cognos Metric Watch List | Provides the capability to view performance metrics created in IBM Cognos Metric Studio. |
| IBM Cognos ReportNet Portlets | |
|---|---|
| IBM Cognos ReportNet Navigator | Assists users in browsing through IBM Cognos Connection folders and content. |
| IBM Cognos ReportNet Search | Assists users in finding IBM Cognos BI and report content saved in the IBM Cognos Connection folder structure. Learn more. |
| IBM Cognos ReportNet Viewer | Lets users view and interact with IBM Cognos ReportNet reports. This brings IBM Cognos BI functionality directly into the Web-based portal environment without forcing users to go into different programs or applications. |
| IBM Cognos Extensible Applications Portlet | Enables users to view and interact with unique IBM Cognos applications containing their custom user content and options. |
| IBM Cognos Series 7 Portlets | |
|---|---|
| IBM Cognos BI Navigator | Assists users in browsing through IBM Cognos Upfront NewsBox folders and NewsItem content. Rather than using Upfront, the IBM Cognos BI portal, end users can directly access the folders of reports, scorecards, and other BI resources, typically found through Upfront, within a WebSphere Portal environment. |
| IBM Cognos BI Search | Assists users in finding published IBM Cognos BI content. Any IBM Cognos reports accessible to a user through Upfront may be searched by that user, as if he or she were on the Web. |
| IBM Cognos BI Viewer | Lets users view and interact with IBM content, using IBM Cognos PowerPlay's analysis capabilities and data cubes, and IBM Cognos Impromptu managed reports. This brings IBM Cognos BI functionality directly into the Web-based portal environment without forcing users to go into different programs or applications. |
| IBM Cognos Web Services Viewer | Enables users to view and interact with custom IBM Cognos applications created with IBM Cognos Web Services. The IBM Cognos Web Services portlet empowers users to include complete customization of content and options. |
WebSphere Portal Supported Environments
| Support | IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.1 | IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.0 | IBM WebSphere Portal Server 4.2 |
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| IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence | |||
| IBM Cognos ReportNet | |||
| IBM Cognos Series 7 |
