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Launching IBM Cognos Business Insight

To get started using the product, there are several ways you can open IBM® Cognos® Business Insight.

You can launch Business Insight using the following methods:

  • From the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Welcome page
  • From IBM Cognos Connection by clicking the new workspace button New workspace icon in the application bar
  • In a web browser by entering the URL for IBM Cognos Business Insight using the following format: http://machinename/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=icd or the URL that your administrator provides
  • By clicking the hyperlinked name of an existing workspace object from IBM Cognos Connection
  • From the Launch menu in IBM Cognos Connection and IBM Cognos Administration
  • From a workspace listed in the search results in IBM Cognos Connection
Parent topic: IBM Cognos Business Insight