disabled data source issues

[saturnz]

hello all,

i am a french newcomer in your community, so excuse my poor english :)
i'm trying to have some information about cognos administration

i wanted to disable some data source connections in configuration / data source connections so i selected all but the four i need
i click the "disable this entry" in general properties
but it disabled all the connections and now i can't activate the ones i want, even i still have the possibility to uncheck the disable option in the general properties
nothing is changing

and in each connection properties the check button is in gray..

i am in all the right administration users and for me normally if you can disable a connection you should be allowed to re-activate it no ?

do you guys already had this problem ?
this is driving me nuts  :o

thank you very much for your answers

[MFGF]

hello all,

i am a french newcomer in your community, so excuse my poor english :)
i'm trying to have some information about cognos administration

i wanted to disable some data source connections in configuration / data source connections so i selected all but the four i need
i click the "disable this entry" in general properties
but it disabled all the connections and now i can't activate the ones i want, even i still have the possibility to uncheck the disable option in the general properties
nothing is changing

and in each connection properties the check button is in gray..

i am in all the right administration users and for me normally if you can disable a connection you should be allowed to re-activate it no ?

do you guys already had this problem ?
this is driving me nuts  :o

thank you very much for your answers

Hi,

I assume when you refer to "General properties" you mean the "Set properties - Cognos" button in the top right corner? If so, you first need to go back into there and un-check the Disabled option, then click OK at the bottom of the dialog. This  should now mean that the Disabled option in the properties of each individual data source is now operational, and can be checked/un-checked as desired.

Cheers!

MF.

[saturnz]

hi,

thanks for your answer
yes i meant set properties, but i already tried that and it doesn't unlock the disable properties of each individual connection source

i found with a collegue that if i disable all connections, only him can enable them
and if he disable them, he can't enable them, but i can
i've got admin profile and he's not :P

so i disabled one by one the 70 connections i don't want
and let the 4 i need enabled
and if i want to re-enable one in the future i will have to ask him lol

so problem solved-ish but the behaviour of the cognos platform and user administration is very weird !!!
i worked as consultant for a lot of compagnies and i never have seen that
it's completly insane !

thanks anyway for looking into my problem :)

i hope it will be helpful for others with the same issue