I have just installed Cognos 8.4.1 32bit on a Windows 2008 Server 64bit system using SQL Server 2008 64bit, configured IIS7 according to specifications, adding allowPathInfo="true" in the file inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config.
I can connect to the website but I do not seem to find the link to Cognos administration.
Any ideas?
Please post a hardcopy of the screen where you miss the Administration link.
Please also check your user credibilities in "own preferences" - which roles and groups does your user belong to?
It should be in the welcome screen, but it is not, neither in the launch dropdown.
I have not set any security in Cognos Configuration so everyone should have the link.
When I looked under "Own preferences" i saw that I belong to the Administrators NTLM group but not the Cognos Administrators group.
Sorry for not posting any picture.
Hi,
In order for Cognos Administration to function properly, you may need to manually edit C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationhost.config.
Check for the following entry: (CGI_Cognos is whatever you called your module mapping to get Cognos CGI running in IIS)
<add name='CGI-cognos' path='*.cgi' verb='*' modules='CgiModule' resourceType='Unspecified' />
and add allowPathInfo='true' to it, so it looks like this:
<add name='CGI-cognos' path='*.cgi' verb='*' modules='CgiModule' resourceType='Unspecified' allowPathInfo='true' />
Cheers!
MF.