Some IBM Cognos products provide functionality that is not available in IBM Cognos 8. You can continue to use these products in the same environment. Additional configuration tasks may be required to ensure that IBM Cognos 8 can access objects that were created using other IBM Cognos products. Additional requirements for access depend on how you choose to run the two products.
To run scheduled reports and agents, which are based on IBM Cognos Planning Contributor data sources, you must specify a shared, secret password. This helps to ensure secure communication between IBM Cognos 8 servers and Contributor Data Server.
On the Application Tier Components computer, start IBM Cognos Configuration.
In the Explorer window, click Data Access, IBM Cognos Planning, Contributor Data Server.
In the Properties window, click the Value box next to the Signature password property and then click the edit button when it appears.
In the Value - Signature Password dialog box, type the password that will be digitally signed.
The password is case-sensitive and must match the Signature password property that you configure in IBM Cognos Series 7, Configuration Manager, Cognos Planning/Cognos 8 - Contributor Data Server/General properties.
From the File menu, click Save.
A digital signature, based on the password, is created. The digital signature is encoded by IBM Cognos 8 and decoded by Contributor Data Server.