Is there any option to allow the specified users to download report in cognos?

[Nithesh UC]

Hello every one,

Is there any option to allow the specified set of users to download the report in cognos?
In our cognos environment, we have already modified the system.xml files, and we have blocked the download option in cognos viewer. But now requirement has come, asking us to allow the download option for set of specified users. Any one got a clue on this, pls. help us.


Thanks,
UCN

[simon.hodgkiss]

Create a custom group or role like "Report Download Users", and show the <RV_TOOLBAR_BUTTONS_DOWNLOAD/> user interface element only to the members of this group\role as per the related topic in the infocenter guide:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cbi/v10r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ug_cra.10.1.0.doc%2Fug_cra_id36310CustomizetheUserInterfaceBasedonGroupandR.html


You could then enable the 'downloadable' attribute again - assuming you hid it as per the Infocenter guide:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cbi/v10r1m0/topic/com.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ug_cra.10.1.0.doc/ug_cra_id37146CustomizeReportFormatsinCognosConnectiona.html#CustomizeReportFormatsinCognosConnectionandCognosViewer

hope this gives you something to go on.

Simon