Content Manager Hierarchy of Objects

Folder	Contents
/Root	All folders below /Root in the hierarchy.
/Root/Directory	Information about authentication providers and other information typically found in a directory service.
/Root/Directory/Cognos	The Cognos directory namespace containing Cognos groups, data sources, distribution lists, and contacts.
/Root/Directory/third-party providers	Third-party security namespaces, such as NTLM, LDAP, and Active Directory.
/Root/Public Folders	All application data in Content Manager.
/Root/Directory/application packages	A separate folder for each application containing information about the application.
/Root/Configuration	Configuration data for all Cognos 8 components and templates.
/Root/Capabilities	Objects that can be secured through policies that restrict access to functionality, such as Administration, Report Studio, and Query Studio; and to features, such as user defined SQL, and bursting.
/Root/Import	Deployment information for each archive imported into Content Manager.
/Root/Export	Deployment information for each archive exported from Content Manager.

Object	Group, role, or account
Administration	Directory Administrators
	Portal Administrators
	Report Administrators
	Server Administrators
	Metrics Administrators
	Planning Rights Administrators
	Controller Administrators
Administration/Run activities and schedules	Report Administrators
	Metrics Administrators
	Controller Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Administration/Configure and Manage the system	Server Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Administration/Users, Groups, Roles	Directory Administrators
Administration/Set capabilities and manage UI profiles	Directory Administrators
Administration/Data Sources Connections	Directory Administrators
Administration/Administration tasks	Server Administrators
	Report Administrators
	Metrics Administrators
	Controller Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Administration/Distribution Lists and Contacts	Directory Administrators
Administration/Printers	Directory Administrators
Administration/Metric Studio Administration	Metrics Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Administration/Planning Administration	Planning Rights Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Administration/Styles and portlets	Portal Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Administration/Controller Administration	Controller Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Analysis Studio	Report Administrators
	Authors
	Analysis Users
	Directory Administrators
Cognos Viewer Context Menu Selection Toolbar	Report Administrators
	Authors
	Consumers
	Query Users
	Analysis Users
	Readers
	Express Authors
	Directory Administrators
Cognos Viewer/Run With Options	Report Administrators
	Authors
	Consumers
	Query Users
	Analysis Users
	Express Authors
	Directory Administrators
Conditional Subscriptions	Report Administrators
	Authors
	Query Users
	Consumers
	Metrics Administrators
	Metrics Authors
	Controller Administrators
	Controller Users
	Analysis Users
	Express Authors
	Directory Administrators
Controller Studio	Controller Users
	Controller Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Data Manager	Data Manager Authors
	Directory Administrators
Detailed Errors	Directory Administrators
Drill Through Assistant	Directory Administrators
Event Studio	Report Administrators
	Authors
	Metrics Administrators
	Metrics Authors
	Directory Administrators
Metric Studio	Metrics Administrators
	Metrics Users
	Metrics Authors
	Directory Administrators
Metric Studio/Edit View	Metrics Administrators
	Metrics Authors
	Directory Administrators
Planning Contributor	Planning Contributor Users
	Planning Rights Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Query Studio Create Advanced	Authors
	Query Users
	Report Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Report Studio	Authors
	Report Administrators
	Directory Administrators
	Express Authors
Report Studio Bursting HTML items in report User Defined SQL	Authors
	Report Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Report Studio Create/Delete	Authors
	Report Administrators
	Directory Administrators
	Express Authors
Scheduling	Report Administrators
	Authors
	Consumers
	Query Users
	Metrics Administrators
	Metrics Authors
	Controller Administrators
	Controller Users
	Analysis Users
	Directory Administrators
	Express Authors
Scheduling/Scheduling Priority	Report Administrators
	Metrics Administrators
	Controller Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Specification Execution	Data Manager Authors
	Directory Administrators

Object	Group, role, or account
All Authenticated Users	All Authenticated Users
Analysis Users	All Authenticated Users
	Analysis Users
	Directory Administrators
Anonymous	Anonymous
	Everyone
	Directory Administrators
Authors	All Authenticated Users
	Authors
	Directory Administrators
Consumers	All Authenticated Users
	Consumers
	Directory Administrators
Controller Administrators	Controller Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Controller Users	All Authenticated Users
	Controller Users
	Directory Administrators
Data Manager Authors	All Authenticated Users
	Data Manager Authors
	Directory Administrators
Directory Administrators	Directory Administrators
Express Authors	Directory Administrators
	Express Authors
	All Authenticated Users
Everyone	All Authenticated Users
	Anonymous
Metrics Administrators	Metrics Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Metrics Authors	Metrics Authors
	All Authenticated Users
	Directory Administrators
Metrics Users	Metrics Users
	All Authenticated Users
	Directory Administrators
Planning Contributor Users	All Authenticated Users
	Planning Contributor Users
	Directory Administrators
Planning Rights Administrators	Planning Rights Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Portal Administrators	Portal Administrators
	Directory Administrators
Query Users	All Authenticated Users
	Directory Administrators
	Query Users
Readers	Directory Administrators
	Readers
	All Authenticated Users
Report Administrators	Directory Administrators
	Report Administrators
Server Administrators	Directory Administrators
	Server Administrators
System Administrators	System Administrators

Content Manager Hierarchy of Objects

The Root Object

Top-level Content Manager Objects

Capabilities

The Cognos Namespace

Built-in and Predefined Objects in the Cognos Namespace

Object	Group, role, or account
Cognos	Everyone
	Directory Administrators