Calling APEX page in cognos report

Hello,
I am very new to APEX. I have the below requirement.
I have Oracle database with Cognos tool. My cognos report display the data and business
wanted to have url on the cognos report. Business wanted to click that link and open
another page and they need to modify the data and save the data back to database.
Is this possible to call apex page in cognos report? I just wanted to check this before
i take this path.. Any suggestion is highly appreciated.

govindts wrote:
Hello,
I am very new to APEX.You appeared in the wrong forum. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is propably better one.

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