Restricting Users to see PDF/HTML/Excel based on User Groups

[techieaman]

Hello All Gurus,

I have some strange requirement from users asking for a single report being run in pdf for some users and in excel for some users.
What that means is that a report in public/my folder of a user should not see beyond a particular format he gets access to?

Can anyone tell me if this requirement can be met? Can we restrict/remove/disable all formats for a report for a user and let him run only the needed format?

thanks in advance. waiting for some concrete information on this

thanks

aman

[cognos_guru]

If all of the reports are scheduled to run in advance, you could create separate report views in the different output versions and put security on each view...  just a thought.  You can also disable the "run with options" capability through Cognos Administration for these users so that they cannot run the report using a different distribution option.

[techieaman]

Hi Cognos_Guru,

Thanks for the reply. cheduling option wont work, as users will like to run reports by themselves.
What I can try is to disable run with options for select people in groups through security. How do I implement showing multiple formats in cognos report studio then?

Any steps/documentation will be great.

Thanks and Warm Regards,

Aman