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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Mobile => Topic started by: pranav11 on 15 May 2014 07:39:36 AM

Title: Storing user credentials on cognos mobile
Post by: pranav11 on 15 May 2014 07:39:36 AM
Hi,

For executive users, we want the user session to remain active in mobile/tab till the user logs off manually. We have set the CredentialCache.DurationHours property to maximum as per the suggestion from ibm-

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/c8bi/v8r4m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ig_mob.8.4.0.doc/ig_mob_id1246mob_admin_storng_crdntls.html

Still the users are getting logged out from the device and they need to put credentials intermittently.

Can any body suggest any solution for this?

thanks,

Pran
Title: Re: Storing user credentials on cognos mobile
Post by: MFGF on 20 May 2014 09:51:14 AM
Quote from: pranav11 on 15 May 2014 07:39:36 AM
Hi,

For executive users, we want the user session to remain active in mobile/tab till the user logs off manually. We have set the CredentialCache.DurationHours property to maximum as per the suggestion from ibm-

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/c8bi/v8r4m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ig_mob.8.4.0.doc/ig_mob_id1246mob_admin_storng_crdntls.html

Still the users are getting logged out from the device and they need to put credentials intermittently.

Can any body suggest any solution for this?

thanks,

Pran

This is by design. It is a huge security risk to allow users to have authenticated connection that doesn't expire. If the device was lost and fell into the wrong hands, it would be open for anyone to see and extract sensitive information from the Cognos server.

You do have the option of sending Active Reports to a mobile device after first taking them out of the Cognos security environment - either by emailing the MHT to the device or by copying it in via iTunes. Might be an option for you?

MF.
Title: Re: Storing user credentials on cognos mobile
Post by: pranav11 on 22 May 2014 03:36:33 AM
Yupp, this is the plan 2 we have.