Trusted Credentials

Trusted credentials are used for users who must perform a task or process, but do not have sufficient access permissions for entries that contain sensitive data, such as database signons and group memberships. Users with more extensive access permissions, who own the entries, can authorize a trusted user to use their credentials to access the entries.

Trusted credentials are also used to run scheduled requests when users are not logged on to Cognos 8, for example, overnight. When the request runs, a user session is created. The trusted credential is used to log on to Cognos 8 as the user the trusted credential represents and the user's access permissions are used to run the report or the job.

The credentials are stored as part of the account object in the namespace.

Create Trusted Credentials

You can create trusted credentials when you want to authorize other users to use your credentials when those users do not have sufficient access permissions to perform specific tasks.

For users to use trusted credentials, traverse permissions must be granted for the namespace.

Steps

1. In Cognos Connection, in the upper-right corner, click the my area button , My Preferences.

2. On the Personal tab, under Credentials, if you have not created credentials before, click Create the Credentials.

3. Select the users, groups, or roles you want to authorize to use your credentials.

   If you are prompted for your credentials, provide your user ID and password.

4. If you want to add entries, click Add then choose how to select entries:

   • To choose from listed entries, click the appropriate namespace, and then select the check boxes next to the users, groups, or roles.

   • To search for entries, click Search and in the Search string box, type the phrase you want to search for. For search options, click Edit. Find and click the entry you want.

   • To type the name of entries you want to add, click Type and type the names of groups, roles, or users using the following format, where a semicolon (;) separates each entry:

     namespace/group_name;namespace/role_name;namespace/user_name;

     Here is an example:

     Cognos/Authors;LDAP/scarter;

5. Click the right-arrow button and when the entries you want appear in the Selected entries box, click OK.

   Tips: To remove entries from the Selected entries list, select them and click Remove. To select all entries in a list, click the check box in the upper-left corner of the list. To make the user entries visible, click Show users in the list.

6. If you want to remove an entry from the list, select the check box next to it and click Remove.

7. Ensure that the list contains only the users, groups, or roles that you want, and click OK.