Permissions for accessing IBM Cognos Connection

Access permissions are required to download reports from or to publish Microsoft Office documents to IBM® Cognos® Connection.
Table 1. Cognos Connection permissions to download Office documents
Goal Permissions

Open reports from IBM Cognos Connection from a Microsoft Office application and save the reports locally.

Read

Publish a Microsoft Office document to IBM Cognos Connection.

Execute

Download reports from IBM Cognos Connection.

Read and Traverse