Any option to restrict concurrent access to Cognos Connection

[saikrishna86]

Hi Experts,

My Client has a requirement to disable the concurrent access to Cognos portal for same user

example,  If User1 log on to Cognos portal, On the other browser If we try to log in with user1 again it should display message that " Only One session allowed per user" something like this, Can we restrict like this

Can this be possible in Cognos Product? where can I can check this information in Cognos documentation.

Thanks in advance.

[MFGF]

Hi Experts,

My Client has a requirement to disable the concurrent access to Cognos portal for same user

example,  If User1 log on to Cognos portal, On the other browser If we try to log in with user1 again it should display message that " Only One session allowed per user" something like this, Can we restrict like this

Can this be possible in Cognos Product? where can I can check this information in Cognos documentation.

Thanks in advance.

I don't know of any way to enforce this using any out-of-the-box options with Cognos 10. It also raises a concern about what would happen if a user closed their browser session without first logging out - they would then be locked out until their original session passport expired. It seems like a rather odd requirement to me. What if a user wants concurrent sessions open in two browser windows to (say) compare a report in Internet Explorer vs Firefox?

This could be implemented if it is necessary, but it would involve some bespoke coding. The approach would be to implement an Authentication Listener, called on every login, to invalidate previous sessions for the same user when they log in again. Although it's difficult to see the benefit of this really, if your client wants to enforce this you could approach IBM and enlist the help of one of their security experts to do the coding - probably 3 days or more bespoke code development consulting.

Cheers!

MF.

[saikrishna86]

Thank you very much MF.  I will speak to my client and will check with IBM about any out of box features in C10.  Thanks again.  :) :)