Monday 29 January 2018

Cognos Components and Services

There are different segments in Cognos that speak with each other utilizing BI Busand are known as Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and backings WSDL. BI Bus in Cognos engineering isn't a product part however comprises of an arrangement of conventions that allows correspondence between Cognos Services.

The processes enabled by the BI Bus protocol includes:

  •  Messaging and dispatching
  •  Log message processing
  •  Database connection management 
  •  Microsoft .NET Framework interactions
  •  Port usage 
  •  Request flow processing
  •  Portal Pages 


When you install Cognos 8 using the Installation wizard, you specify where to install each of these components:

Gateways 

The Cognos 8 Web server tier contains one or more Cognos 8 gateways. The web communication in Cognos 8 is typically through gateways, which reside on one or more web servers. A gateway is an extension of a web server program that transfers information from the web server to another server. Web communication can also occur directly with a Cognos 8 dispatcher but this option is less common.

Cognos 8 supports several types of Web gateways, including –

CGI:The default passage, CGI can be utilized for all upheld Web servers. Be that as it may, for improved execution or throughput, you may pick one of the other upheld portal composes.

ISAPI:  This can be used for the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server. It delivers faster performance for IIS.

Application Tier Components 

This part comprises of a dispatcher that is dependable to work administrations and course asks. The dispatcher is a multi strung application that utilizations at least one strings for every demand. The design changes are routinely imparted to all the running dispatchers. This dispatcher incorporates Cognos Application Firewall to give security to Cognos 8.


The dispatcher can course demands to a nearby administration, for example, the report benefit, introduction benefit, work administration, or screen benefit. A dispatcher can likewise course demands to a particular dispatcher to run a given demand. These solicitations can be steered to particular dispatchers in light of load-adjusting necessities, or bundle or client aggregate prerequisites.

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Lianamelissa is Research Analyst at Mindmajix. A techno freak who likes to explore different technologies. Likes to follow the technology trends in market and write about them.


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