Where is Access Manager?

[EarthDog]

Hi All!

We have 8.4 and i am reading many things among them about Access Manager...

I tried a little bit to find it in ibm sub site for cognos but i dont seem to have success..

can somebody help me writing 2 lines to tell me where it is and exactly its purpose?

Thanks.

[MFGF]

Access Manager is/was the bundled security with Cognos 7 products.  When Cognos 8 was released, a security provider was no longer included as Cognos 8 has the ability to connect to existing third-party security providers such as Active Directory, LDAP etc.  If you already have Access Manager from a Cognos 7 install, you can continue to use this as a security provider for Cognos 8 if you wish.

MF.

[prikala]

... and C8 access manager is not to be confused with series7 access manager.

C8 access manager is "only" an "internal" part of the system.

From C8 Architecture and Deployment Guide:
"Content Manager contains Access Manager, the primary security component of IBM Cognos 8.
Access Manager leverages your existing security providers for use with IBM Cognos 8."

[EarthDog]

Thanks guys for helping the noob... :)