Hi,
Is there an easy way to hide the "search" prompt from the tool-bar in Cognos Connection, for a given user group, using the embedded permissions that exist within Cognos?
I had found the following documentation by IBM, but it seems too complicated, and requires editing system.xml.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/caapps/v10r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ug_cra.10.1.0.doc%2Fug_cra_id36310CustomizetheUserInterfaceBasedonGroupandR.html
Using the system.xml is the only way to hide it.
One thing that you might want to do is to create a cognos role that is explicitly allowed to use search. For example, create a role called "searchUsers", then add the following to the system.xml:
<param name="ui_hide">
<CRN_HEADER_SEARCH show="searchUsers"/>
<CC_HEADER_MENU_search show="searchUsers"/>
<CC_TOOLBAR_BUTTONS_search show="searchUsers"/>
</param>
After you restart Cognos, only people in that role would be able to see the search. You could then add or remove people/groups/roles as needed.
Thanks Paul !
One last thing I'm trying to hide, is the "Set Properties" button in a portlet (see attched)
I haven't found reference to this element in the following article:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/caapps/v10r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ug_cra.10.1.0.doc%2Fug_cra_id36310CustomizetheUserInterfaceBasedonGroupandR.html
Anybody knows?
I had found a solution on my own :)
The elements that needs to be rendered are:
CC_TOOLBAR_BUTTONS_edit_pagelet
CC_TOOLBAR_BUTTONS_newpagelet