Assigning Cognos permissions to the new roles

Assign permissions to the Cognos Reports_System_Role and Report_ User_Role roles in Cognos that are equivalent to the Unica Platform ReportSystem role and ReportUser role, respectively.

About this task

To assign Cognos permissions to the new roles, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. In Cognos Connection, select Launch > IBM Cognos Administration.
  2. On the Security tab, click Users, Groups, and Roles.
  3. Navigate to Directory > [your namespace] > Roles.
  4. Click the Report_User_Role icon and give this role read-only permissions as follows:
    1. On the Permissions tab, select Add > Cognos Namespace.
    2. Select the All authenticated Users group, click Add, and click OK.
    3. Grant Read, Execute, and Traverse permissions.
    4. Deny Write and Set Policy permissions.
    5. Click OK.
  5. Click the Reports_System_Role icon and give this role all permissions as follows:
    1. On the Permissions tab, select Add > Cognos Namespace.
    2. Select the All authenticated Users group, click Add and click OK.
    3. Grant Read, Write, Execute, Set Policy, and Traverse permissions.
    4. Click OK.