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IBM Cognos Analytics Platform => Cognos Analytics => Administration and Security => Topic started by: vinu_rnr on 21 Sep 2018 06:13:38 AM

Title: Consumer Role in Cognos11 Like Cognos10
Post by: vinu_rnr on 21 Sep 2018 06:13:38 AM
Hi All,

our congos10  version has consumer group , users of this groups, can only execute the reports (built using Report Studio).
In cognos 11 can we have similar group, who should NOT have any 'authoring' capability,, their usage must be 'ONLY' to execute only pre-authored content?

While going through the posts, came across following discussion

https://www.cognoise.com/index.php/topic,31286.msg103764.html#msg103764 (https://www.cognoise.com/index.php/topic,31286.msg103764.html#msg103764)

where MF has given following comment
..... all Consumer licenses should now have transitioned automatically to Analytics User licenses, which permits use of the Authoring tool.

even licensing might be automatically allowing it, still we prefer not to extend it to users  (it's sad  :( but leadership is not inclined)

Thanks,
Title: Re: Consumer Role in Cognos11 Like Cognos10
Post by: sdf on 21 Sep 2018 10:05:49 AM
you can create your custom group and assign them to the appropriate capabilities and permissions.
Title: Re: Consumer Role in Cognos11 Like Cognos10
Post by: dougp on 21 Sep 2018 10:56:24 AM
I followed the route suggested by sdf.  I created a group named BI Consumers and set the appropriate capabilities.

It may be simpler than that.  Will the Information Distribution role work for you?