CMS in 11.1.7

[dougp]

Does Cognos Mashup Service work in Cognos 11.1.7?  Does it require a separate install?

I see the documentation (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ca_dg_cms.doc/c_cms_new_chnged_dep_10_1_0.html#new_chnged_dep_10_1_0) doesn't include any changes since 10.2.2.

Is CMS still a thing?  Or must all former CMS apps be converted to use the new REST API?

[DaHammer]

It is still a thing and works without special install.

[dougp]

We're using:
Cognos 11.0.13 or 11.1.7
Windows Server
IIS
SSL
Single sign on using an external directory namespace
C#

Mashup Service works in 11.0.13, but in 11.1.7...

When I navigate to https://<servername>:9300/bi/v1/disp/rds/wsdl I see XML.

When attempting to update the WebReferenceURL to the same value in the service I get:

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The HTML document does not contain Web service discovery information.

As far as I can tell, the configurations match between my 11.0.13 and 11.1.7 systems.

[DaHammer]

"When attempting to update the WebReferenceURL", could you be more specific

[dougp]

In Visual Studio with the project open, looking at the service, when I enter https://<servername>:9300/bi/v1/disp/rds/wsdl for the 11.1.7 server I want to test the application against, I get the error message.

[DaHammer]

It is still there, just tested.

[dougp]

I think I found the problem that Visual Studio is having.  When I try to access the WSDL (https://<servername>:9300/bi/v1/disp/rds/wsdl), I get a login screen.  (had to clear the browser cache to see this.)  After logging in, I get the WSDL.  I think VS is expecting WSDL and doesn't know what to do with the login screen.

Can you think of any reason the WSDL would be behind a login screen?  ...why this may be happening for me if it's not for you?

[DaHammer]

It's not happening to me because I just used a browser to get to the URL and am using Anonymous Authentication on my development rig. The URI is in the credential-protected zone of /bi/*, so without at least a CAF cookie, your request will fail. You could just grab .\templates\ccs\wsdl\rdsV3.wsdl for the same result and embed it as resource in your project. I used to do just that for MetaManager and other SDK applications.

[dougp]

Thanks.  I'll try that.

That doesn't explain why it works in 11.0.13.  I don't allow anonymous access there either.