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How to set up WebDAV for Cognos 11

Cognos 11 does not use a gateway component on the web server, but instead uses ARR (application request routing), which conflicts with WebDAV browsing for images.

To use WebDAV with Cognos 11:

  1. Create a virtual directory in the Enterprise website, for example: webdav_images, but outside the \ibmcognos path.
  2. Copy the images into the corresponding physical directory on the web server. This setup works for reports that are rendered only in HTML.
  3. For reports that can also be rendered in PDF or Excel format, you must add a copy of the images on the Cognos application tier server.

To add images to the Cognos app tier server

  1. Verify the path that is used for images found by WebDAV browsing (for example: \webdav_images).
  2. Create a corresponding folder on the Cognos server (for example: C:\webdav_images).
  3. Copy the images to the corresponding folder. If a relative path is used, then the image folder must be within the Cognos installation within the \webcontent folder.
  4. Test running reports as HTML and also as PDF.