Integration of APEX with Cognos BI SDK

Hi All,
Is it possible to integrate APEX with cognos BI SDK.
If yes, how do we integrate both of the.
What are the pre-requisites for his.
Please name the jar, and also the process of intgration

Hi,
Apart from single sign-on, its very straight forward.
I guess, when you render a Cognos report you will have report URL right?
use that url in iframe
<iframe src="url" height=500px,width=500px />
But if you don't have single sign-on , you will be asked to login and once you login to Cognos, you should be good to render any report from cognos through browser.
I have integrated OBIEE and BO into our stack so, the need to train normal users is eliminated.

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Integration of apex with other applications

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i'm planning on integrating my apex application to a .net express application.. since some of my screens will use webforms and some will use winforms.. to state the obvious, i will use apex for my webforms and .net for my winforms.
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Allen
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vani reddy wrote:
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>
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Edited by: 805196 on Aug 25, 2011 12:23 AM

Hi,
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Name OAE_LAUNCHER
Application <whatever>
User Profile Name Oracle Application Express Launcher
Description Oracle Application Express Launcher
2. Set above profile value under System Administrator Responsibility -> Profile -> System, and search for the ‘OAE_LAUNCHER’.
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http://<hostname>:<Apex port>/pls/apex
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Hope this helps you
Brgds,
Mini
If this is helpful or correct, assign points promptly.

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Edited by: Adi's on Mar 23, 2010 8:54 PM

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