How to create an URL in Cognos Connection? Beginners Tutorial-5

What is an URL?A URL is a standard way of identifying the location for any external file or Web site. Create URLs to keep the files and Web sites you use most frequently at your fingertips. Clicking a URL opens the file or Web site in the browser. After opening a URL, click the back button in your browser to return to the portal.



Steps to create a URL in cognos:

1. In the portal, click either Public Folders or My Folders, and go to the folder where you want to create the new URL.
2. Click the new URL button on the toolbar.
3. In the Name box, type the name of the new URL.
4. If you want, in the Description and in the Screen tip box, you can type a description of the entry.
5. The description appears in the portal when you set your preferences to use the details view. The screen tip, which is limited to 100 characters, appears when you pause your pointer over the icon for the entry in the portal.
6. In the URL box, type the URL location.
7. If the URL points to a Web site address, the protocol must be included. For example, to create a URL for the Cognos Web site, type http://www.cognos.com.
8. If you do not want to use the target folder, which is the current folder as indicated under Destination Folder, choose another location:
9. Click Select another folder and select the target folder.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Finish.
12. In the portal, URL entries are identified by the URL icon.