Reset password from login page.

[acfsp]

Hi guys,

Quite a new Cognos user here, so there are tons of things where I get lost yet, so please bear with me if I bring some nonsense here ;)

We are building a new platform using Cognos Analytics and AD for its users, and currently the whole login process seems to be just fine. However, we might need some functionality to allow the users to reset their own password once this expires or they just forget.

I have been trying to find some information around but I haven't been able to find much, neither on its documentation nor on forums (where anything I found was at least from 5 years ago...) From what I have seen so far, this doesn't seem to be possible, but as I said, the information was at least 5 years old... so I'm wondering if this could have changed since then.

Thanks for any help! Really appreciated

[cognostechie]

If you are using AD then Cognos will use the Windows password.

[acfsp]

Thanks for the quick reply, cognostechie.

That's what I thought but was hoping someone to tell me the opposite hehe.

Once again, thank you for your help.

[bdbits]

It is possible to allow changing the Windows password from a web page. But unless you really, really, really know what you are doing as a developer, you are opening up a can of worms from a security perspective. I would not go there. Since it is tied to Windows (assuming AD), I see little reason to do it from somewhere inside Cognos. They can use native Windows functionality to change their password.

If you can enable single sign-on (SSO) there is no (visible-to-user) login process anyway.

[acfsp]

That sounds reasonable enough to me to avoid playing with AD ;)

Thanks for your help, guys.