The forward URL does not exist or it has failed validation

Product:

Cognos TM1 10.2

PLANANALYTICS_version=PLANANALYTICS-AW64-ML-RTM-10.2.5000.367-0

LICENSE_TM1_version=LICENSE_TM1-AW64-ML-RTM-10.2.5001.0-0

Windows 2008 R2 Server

Cognos BI

Symptom:

Can not login to Cognos TM1 when using CAM security.

It works when using the TM1 native security.

Error message:

The forward URL does not exist or it has failed validation. Ensure that a valid forward URL is specified.

Cause:

The file variables_tm1.xml is on the wrong BI server.

 

Solution:

Copy your updated variables_tm1.xml file to all your Cognos BI servers in your solution.

Place the file in folder \\biservername\d$\Program Files (x86)\ibm\cognos\c10_64\templates\ps\portal

 

In short is the installation to get CAM to work for TM1 10.2 web different from previous version.

 

Unzip the D:\Program Files\IBM\cognos\tm1_64\webapps\tm1web\gateway_files\ tm1web_gateway.zip files.

Rename d:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\tm1_64\webapps\tm1web\gateway_files\tm1web_gateway\templates\ps\portal variables_TM1.xml.sample to variables_TM1.xml.

Update variables_tm1.xml with the TM1 server name at line 23 instead of localhost:

<CRNenv>

<urls>

<url is-regex=”true”>http://localhost/TM1Web(/\([aAsS]\([A-Za-z0-9]+\)\))?/TM1WebLogin.aspx</url>

<url is-regex=”true”>http://localhost/TM1Web(/\([aAsS]\([A-Za-z0-9]+\)\))?/TM1WebLoginHandler.aspx</url>

<url is-regex=”true”>http://localhost/TM1Web(/\([aAsS]\([A-Za-z0-9]+\)\))?/TM1WebMain.aspx</url>

<url>../tm1/web/tm1web.html</url>

</urls>

<cookies>

<param name=”cam_passport”/>

</cookies>

</CRNenv>

 

Update the tm1web.html file to Cognos TM1 Web server name at line 40:

// Update the following to point to the location of the TM1Web service(s)

var tm1webServices = [“http://localhost:8080”];

Change to:

var tm1webServices = [“http://tm1servername:9510”];

 

Copy the files to your Cognos BI installation:

variables_TM1.xml = Copy to d:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\c10_64\templates\ps\portal templates\ps\portal on your Cognos BI report server and content manager server.

Tm1web.html = Copy to d:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\c10\webcontent\tm1\web on your Cognos BI gateway server.

 

In tm1s.cfg file you need for each TM1 application add the values for:

 

ServerCAMURI=http://biservername:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch

ClientCAMURI=http://biservername/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll

ClientPingCAMPassport=900

CAMPortalVariableFile=portal\variables_TM1.xml

DistributedPlanningOutputDir=.\tunit

ForceReevaluationOfFeedersForFedCellsOnDataChange=T

AllowSeparateNandCRules=T

 

The value CAMPortalVariableFile is not needed in the TM1S.CFG file for tm1web to work.

 

More (same) Information:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cbi/v10r2m1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.tm1_inst.10.2.0.doc%2Ft_tm1_inst_tm1web_cogsecurity.html