Accessing Windchill Business Reporting
To access Windchill Business Reporting, navigate to the following URL:
<machine>:<port>/Cognos
Where <machine> is the machine on which Windchill Business Reporting gateway was installed, and <port> is the Windchill Business Reporting gateway machine's web server port (if you are using the default port value of 80, then you do not need to specify the port in the URL). If your site has been configured to use SSL, you need to preface the URL with HTTPS. If you are uncertain of what values to use for this URL, see your system administrator.
Out-of-the-box, all users in the Administrative LDAP can log in to
Windchill Business Reporting. Your site may have configured
Windchill Business Reporting to authenticate against an Enterprise LDAP, as well. For more information, see
Working with LDAP Directory Services.
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Out-of-the-box, Windchill Business Reporting does not provide the same sort of access controls found within your Windchill solution. Any user who can log in to Windchill Business Reporting has full access. This means that any user who logs into Windchill Business Reporting may be able to view information within Windchill Business Reporting that they do not have permissions to view within your Windchill solution. Check with your system administrator to see whether additional access control for Windchill Business Reporting has been established. For information on setting up access control within Windchill Business Reporting, see Report Generation. |
Once you are logged in, you can utilize the tools available within
Windchill Business Reporting, including
Report Studio and
Event Studio. For further information about these tools, see the documentation available from the
Windchill Business Reporting documentation page, as described in
Accessing Documentation within Windchill Business Reporting.
