Restrict Concurrent sessions of a single user

[Asad Ch]

Cognos 10.2
Is there any way to restrict a user to open multiple sessions in different browsers. So user can open one connection at a time?

[MFGF]

Cognos 10.2
Is there any way to restrict a user to open multiple sessions in different browsers. So user can open one connection at a time?

Hi,

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? If this is a must-have requirement, you could implement an Authentication Listener, called on every login, to invalidate previous sessions for the same user when they log in again.  Typically it would involve a developer writing some custom code using the Cognos SDK - my gut feel would be approx 3 days bespoke code development.

Cheers!

MF.

[Asad Ch]

Can we implement it by using event studio?
Or
Can we do it by using some query or procedure on DB side.

[AnalyticsWithJay]

Can we implement it by using event studio?
Or
Can we do it by using some query or procedure on DB side.

Not possible with those suggestions. If SDK is not an option for you, you can edit the login/welcome page to detect the user browser, and only render the login if it's a specific browser (IE for example). This doesn't fully satisfy your requirement but it's a cheaper option than SDK :)