Sample Script to Login

This is a sample script that is part of the various scripts that I use to login into a Cognos environment using  SDK. Once the contentManagerService1 object has the logged in credentials, you can use it to perform any task such as automatically importing / exporting a package, create a new DSN, create a new skin, basically anything that you would use the portal / UI for.

Part of this script is taken from the original SDK sample code that is provided. I have just customized it for my own use in my environment.

Try
            Dim m_CMS as New contentManagerService1
            m_CMS.url = "http://localhost:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch"
            Dim m_nmsp, m_uname, m_pwd as String


            Dim credentialXML As StringBuilder
         
            credentialXML = New StringBuilder("<credential>")

            credentialXML.Append("<namespace>")
            credentialXML.Append(m_nmsp)
            credentialXML.Append("</namespace>")

            credentialXML.Append("<username>")
            credentialXML.Append(m_uname)
            credentialXML.Append("</username>")

            credentialXML.Append("<password>")
            credentialXML.Append(m_pwd)
            credentialXML.Append("</password>")

            credentialXML.Append("</credential>")

            Dim encodedCredentials As String = credentialXML.ToString()
            Dim xmlEncodedCredentials As New xmlEncodedXML
            xmlEncodedCredentials.Value = encodedCredentials

            m_CMS.logon(xmlEncodedCredentials, Nothing)

            MsgBox("Success in logon!")
            Return True

Catch ex as Exception
       MsgBox ex.Message
       Return False
End Try

About me

I work for a company that manages the Cognos services for multiple customers. This entails having one Cognos instance for every customer. It becomes difficult once the number of customers reached a sizable number, so I started looking into how I could use the Cognos SDK to automate certain tasks.

I work with both .NET technologies (VB.NET, C#) and JAVA in building apps that can be used to deploy changes across the board for multiple instances.Changes might also involve advanced configuration, package deployment, security management, etc.