If your administrator configures IBM® Cognos® Business
Intelligence to use the IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace, you
can see Series 7 entries in IBM Cognos Connection.
When you run a Series 7 report, the report runs in the Series
7 application used to create it.
The contents of the Series 7 NewsIndex appears at the bottom of
the page in Public Folders. The contents of
your Series 7 personal NewsBox appears at the bottom of the page in My
Folders.
Alternatively, PowerPlay® 7.3
or later can be configured to use IBM Cognos Connection rather than
Upfront as a portal. However, if you are accessing content from other IBM Cognos applications
or versions previous to PowerPlay 7.3,
the administrator may still depend on the Upfront portal.
When you access Series 7 entries from IBM Cognos Connection, consider the
following things:
- If the Series 7 namespace and the IBM Cognos BI namespace are different,
you must log on to both. Otherwise, you cannot see content in both
areas.
- If you log off when you are in Upfront, you can no longer access
Series 7 entries in IBM Cognos Connection. You should
always log off in IBM Cognos Connection.
- If you belong to several Series 7 user classes, you are unable
to select a different user class when you access Upfront through IBM Cognos Connection.
- If you use an Upfront theme other than standard70, an error message
may appear when you click the More link in
the Actions column. You cannot access Series
7 entries.
- If you want to cut, copy, and paste Series 7 entries, use the
More link in the Actions column, and then use
the Upfront toolbar.
- If you perform a search in IBM Cognos Connection, the Series
7 entries are not included in the search.
- You cannot combine IBM Cognos version 10.1 entries and
Series 7 entries in a single folder or NewsBox.
For information about working with Series 7 entries in Upfront,
see the IBM Cognos Series 7 Web Portal User Guide.