Accessing Cognos Analytics

Use the Cognos® Analytics application to view performance reports relevant to your business.

Accessing Cognos Analytics using single sign on

You can launch the Cognos Analytics application from within IBM® Sterling Business Center.

  1. Log in to IBM Sterling Business Center.
  2. Click one of the following tabs: Products, Pricing, Customer, or Inventory.
  3. From the Business Intelligence portlet, click Launch Business Intelligence.

Accessing Cognos Analytics with IBMid

The Operational Reporting component supports the usage of IBMid for a single sign-on with certain limitations.
  • Using IBMid, you can log in to Cognos Analytics from Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation by clicking the Launch Business Intelligence link. The user is automatically logged in with IBMid credentials.
  • You cannot directly log in to Cognos Analytics UI (without punching out from Cognos Analytics) with IBMid.
  • You must use Sterling Order Management System User ID and Password to sign in to IBM Cognos Framework Manager. Currently, for IBM Cognos Framework Manager, IBMid support is not provided.

Accessing Cognos Analytics from the Cognos Analytics login page or Cognos Framework Manager

To log in to Cognos Framework Manager or to directly log in to Cognos Analytics UI:

  1. Select smcfs from the Select Namespace list.
  2. Enter your OMS username, password, and tenant ID. Tenant ID is provided by the IBM onboarding team at the time of environment provisioning.