. Each of
the roles has a specific set of access permissions, and can be used
to secure different components and functions in Cognos 8. You
can use the predefined roles, or delete them. The predefined entries include several Cognos roles . Each of
the roles has a specific set of access permissions, and can be used
to secure different components and functions in Cognos 8. You
can use the predefined roles, or delete them.
When the predefined roles are created during the content
store initialization, the group Everyone is a member of some of
them. Some of such roles are Consumers, Query Users, Analysis Users,
and Authors. If you want to use the predefined roles, we recommend
that you modify their initial membership immediately after installing
and configuring Cognos 8 .
The predefined roles include the following.
Role | Description |
Analysis Users | Members have the same access permissions as Consumers. They can also use the Cognos Analysis Studio. |
Authors | Members have the same access permissions as Query Users and Analysis Users. They can use Report Studio, Query Studio, and Analysis Studio, and save public content, such as reports and report outputs. |
Consumers | Members can read and execute public content, such as reports. |
Controller Administrators | Members have full access to Cognos Controller menus and can create individual Cognos Controller users and define their limitations. |
Controller Users | Members have general access to Cognos Controller menus. |
Data Manager Authors | Members can use Data Manager to create data warehouses and data repositories for reporting, analysis, and performance management. |
Directory Administrators | Members can administer the contents of namespaces. In the Cognos namespace, they administer groups, accounts, contacts, distribution lists, data sources, and printers. |
Express Authors | Members can use the Report Studio Express user interface profile. |
Metrics Administrators | Members can administer metric packages and tasks in Cognos Connection. |
Metrics Authors | Members can create and edit scorecard applications in Metric Studio. |
Metrics Users | Members can monitor performance in Metric Studio. |
Portal Administrators | Members can administer the Cognos portlets and third-party portlets in Cognos Connection. This includes customizing portlets, defining portlet styles, and setting access permissions for portlets. |
Planning Contributor Users | Members can access the Contributor Web client, Contributor Add-in for Excel, or Analyst. |
Planning Rights Administrators | Members can access Contributor Administration Console, Analyst, and all associated objects in the application. |
Query Users | Members have the same access permissions as Consumers. They can also use the Cognos Query Studio. |
Readers | Members have read-only access to Cognos 8. They can navigate some portions of the content store, view saved report outputs in the portal, select cells in saved report outputs in Cognos Viewer, and use the Cognos Viewer context menu to perform actions, such as drill-through. |
Report Administrators | Members can administer the public content, for which they have full access. They can also use Cognos Report Studio and Cognos Query Studio. |
Server Administrators | Members can administer servers, dispatchers, and jobs. |
