Access permissions

Access permissions are used to secure the organization's data.

Your administrator adds you to the groups and roles that have the capabilities and permissions you need to work with secured functions, features, and your organization's content. For example, report authors typically have access to the reporting, but not the managing part of the user interface. Members of the report author role have Write permission on a report, but members of a sales group might have only Run permission for the same report.

If you want to see what you are permitted to do with a specific report or other entry, see Viewing your permissions for content.

If you lack sufficient access permissions for an item, item owners or users with more extensive access permissions can authorize you to use their credentials. For more information, see Managing your credentials.

For information on administering user access to groups, roles, and capabilities, see the IBM Cognos Analytics Managing Guide.