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Title: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 05 Aug 2014 08:51:23 AM
hi,

what would be the best way to implement security so that the user is only able to see the report studio capability.

what i did is, i added the user to the Author role, but he has access to all studios with that. how would i restrict the user to report studio only ?

Regards
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: MFGF on 05 Aug 2014 09:40:04 AM
Quote from: Raghuvir on 05 Aug 2014 08:51:23 AM
hi,

what would be the best way to implement security so that the user is only able to see the report studio capability.

what i did is, i added the user to the Author role, but he has access to all studios with that. how would i restrict the user to report studio only ?

Regards

Create a new role, add the user to this role, then grant the Report Studio capability to this role. Simple :)

MF.
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 05 Aug 2014 10:19:58 AM
Hi MFGF,

is it ok if i do that with a group ?

Regards
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: MFGF on 05 Aug 2014 10:22:32 AM
Quote from: Raghuvir on 05 Aug 2014 10:19:58 AM
Hi MFGF,

is it ok if i do that with a group ?

Regards

Hi,

Sorry - I'm not quite following? Do what with a group? Add it to your new role?

MF.
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 05 Aug 2014 10:46:22 AM
hi MFGF,

Sorry i dint ask it properly.

if i create a group with a user in it and then add that group to report studio capability and give that group rights will that do ?

Regards
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: MFGF on 05 Aug 2014 12:14:21 PM
Quote from: Raghuvir on 05 Aug 2014 10:46:22 AM
hi MFGF,

Sorry i dint ask it properly.

if i create a group with a user in it and then add that group to report studio capability and give that group rights will that do ?

Regards

Yes! :)

MF.
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 06 Aug 2014 02:16:58 AM
Hi MFGF,

i have created a group named "BIG" and added one user "abc" to it. i have added the "BIG" group to the report studio capability with Read,Write,Execute and Traverse rights.

Now when i log on to the cognos connection with user "abc" i am not able to see the report studio icon on the welcome page.

what must be the issue here ? any idea where i am going wrong?

Request you to guide me

Thanks &
Regards
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 06 Aug 2014 02:50:15 AM
do i need to add the "BIG" group for the following capabilities under report studio ? so the the user under "BIG" group has full control to report studio ? and that capability is visible on the welcome page.

Allow External Data
Bursting
Create/Delete
HTML Items in Report
User Defined SQL 

Regards
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: sunosoft on 06 Aug 2014 03:34:59 AM
You should be able to see report studio. How about from launch menu ? Are you able to see report studio from there ?
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: MFGF on 06 Aug 2014 03:59:40 AM
Quote from: Raghuvir on 06 Aug 2014 02:16:58 AM
Hi MFGF,

i have created a group named "BIG" and added one user "abc" to it. i have added the "BIG" group to the report studio capability with Read,Write,Execute and Traverse rights.

Now when i log on to the cognos connection with user "abc" i am not able to see the report studio icon on the welcome page.

what must be the issue here ? any idea where i am going wrong?

Request you to guide me

Thanks &
Regards

You also need to go to "User Interface Profiles" (it sits beneath Capabilities in the Admin console) and add your group in to the "Professional" UIP, granting Execute and Traverse.

Cheers!

MF.
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 06 Aug 2014 04:21:58 AM
Quote from: MFGF on 06 Aug 2014 03:59:40 AM
You also need to go to "User Interface Profiles" (it sits beneath Capabilities in the Admin console) and add your group in to the "Professional" UIP, granting Execute and Traverse.

Cheers!

MF.

Hi MFGF,

i followed the above step, but still no access. i dont know where i am going wrong.

Same steps when i try for event studio and query studio its working.

Regards
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: MFGF on 06 Aug 2014 04:38:05 AM
Quote from: Raghuvir on 06 Aug 2014 04:21:58 AM
Hi MFGF,

i followed the above step, but still no access. i dont know where i am going wrong.

Same steps when i try for event studio and query studio its working.

Regards

If you go to the Admin Console and navigate to the Security tab then choose User Interface Profiles, there is a "Set Properties - User Interface Profiles" button in the top right corner. If you go into here and look at the permissions, you need to make sure your group has Execute and Traverse privileges defined in here too.

MF.
Title: Re: Access only for report studio
Post by: Raghuvir on 06 Aug 2014 04:42:41 AM
Quote from: MFGF on 06 Aug 2014 04:38:05 AM
If you go to the Admin Console and navigate to the Security tab then choose User Interface Profiles, there is a "Set Properties - User Interface Profiles" button in the top right corner. If you go into here and look at the permissions, you need to make sure your group has Execute and Traverse privileges defined in here too.

MF.

Done. Thanks a lot. You have always guided me to find solution and learn things. Really appreciate your help and guidance.

Regards