Security layer configuration around the data model and reports
An access to the data model and reports can be restricted
to a set of authorization roles. The users can create the authorization
roles and associate them with the reporting entities. Only entitled
users can access the data model or reports.
Authentication and authorization for IBM Cognos reports
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence administrators
can set up the folders that store the reports. They can then secure
those folders so that only authorized users can view, change, or perform
other tasks by using the reports in the folder. To set up access control
on the reports, administrators can set up the user authentication
and define the access control for the set of users.
User authentication setup by using LDAP
You can configure IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Fix Pack 1 components
to use an LDAP namespace for authentication when the users are in
an LDAP user directory.
Creating users in an LDAP
See the example
in this procedure that uses an LDAP utility
to create users in LDAP.
Access control definition for the reports and reporting packages
You can define the access control for the LDAP users who
are the members of a role that is defined in the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence namespace.
Access can be granted to those users who are the members of a defined
role.