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What are the alternatives to portal pages in C11?

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Question

We used to use portal pages so users had quick access to their reports,  In C11, this option to create portal pages is no longer available.  What are the alternatives to portal pages in C11?

Cause

The IBM Cognos Analytics 11 user interface and platform functionality were not designed with Portal Pages and Portal Tabs in mind.  Since 11.0.5, the ability to create extensions and map them to user roles has virtually replaced the need for Portal Tabs.

Answer

As of 11.0.11 - you can integrate portal pages into C11
https://community.ibm.com/community/user/businessanalytics/blogs/nickolus-plowden/2018/05/04/portal-pages-in-cognos-analytics-r11
Please note that only legacy content will be rendered inside the portlets contained in a Portal Page. These portlets leverage the Classic Viewer (C10.x viewer) to render content and thus are not able to display new objects such as Dashboards, Stories or interactive reports.

To take full advantage of the new Glass UI functionality in Cognos Analytics, consider the following:
Sharing and embedding content
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/t_wig_cr_share.html
You can share content objects, such as reports and dashboards, with a URL that opens the content object directly, instead of having to browse to the content object from the Cognos Analytics welcome screen. You can also embed Cognos Analytics content objects (except for data modules) in customized web pages. An embedded content object does not display the application or navigation bars.

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Modified date:
14 August 2020

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ibm16260201

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