Setting permissions for content
Set access permissions to specify which users, groups, or roles can access your content.
About this task
You can set permissions for content that you own, such as reports, dashboards, stories, packages, and so on. Permissions can be granted, denied, or set as default.
Note: A value of Default means that permission is neither granted nor
denied.
For information about the types of permissions that you can specify for entries, see Simple and granular access permissions.
When you set access permissions, you can reference both authentication provider users, groups, and roles, and Cognos groups and roles. However, if you plan to deploy your application in the future, we recommend that you use only the Cognos groups and roles to simplify the process.
Procedure
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In Team content or My content, find your entry,
and from its context menu
, click Properties.
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On the Permissions tab, select the check box Override parent
permissions, and click the add
icon.
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Open the namespace that contains the users, groups, or roles for which you want to specify
permissions for the entry. To quickly find the entries, click the search
icon, or click the filter 
icon to narrow the view of entries
within the namespace.
- Select the users, groups, or roles that you need. You can control-select multiple entries. Click Add. The selected users, groups, or roles are added to the security policy of your entry with the basic permission Read.
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To change the permission to Run, Write, or
Full, click the set access
icon, and change the permission.
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Click on the permission name to view the granular permissions that this permission is comprised
of. To change the granular permissions, click the set access icon for a permission, and change the access type to
Grant, Deny, or Default.
- If you want the children entries inherit the same permissions, select the Apply to all children check box.
- Click Apply.