Configuring Cognos TM1 Applications to use the Application Web client

IBM® Cognos® TM1® Applications uses IBM Cognos TM1 Web to support the Cognos TM1 Application Web client. The Cognos TM1 Application Web client enables users to view and edit planning application data in grid format. If you want to allow users to use Cognos TM1 Application Web, configure this option in Cognos TM1 Applications.

About this task

When you install Cognos TM1 Web, the required files for the Cognos TM1 Application Web client are copied to the Cognos TM1 Web installation location.

The main file for Cognos TM1 Application Web is:

Contributor.jsp

The default install location is:

TM1_install_location\webapps\tm1web

Configure the Cognos TM1 Application Web URL parameter in Cognos TM1 Applications to point to the Contributor.jsp file in this location.

Procedure

  1. Use the Cognos TM1 Application Configuration page to set the Cognos TM1 Web Client URL parameter:
    • If you are running Cognos TM1 Applications for the first time, use the Configuration page that opens when you start the program.

      For more details, see Configuring the server and client environment for Cognos TM1 Applications.

    • If you are already using Cognos TM1 Applications, you can re-open the Configuration page by clicking the Administer IBM Cognos TM1 Applications button Administer IBM Cognos TM1 Application button on the toolbar in Cognos TM1 Applications.
  2. In the TM1 Web Client URL field, enter the URL location of the Contributor.jsp file.

    Use the format:

    http://WebServer:port_number/TM1Web/Contributor.jsp

    For example:

    http://webserver.example.com:9510/TM1Web/Contributor.jsp