Exposing user, object, and system settings

As of release 12.0.3, you can download user, object, and system settings in a JSON format.

This feature is disabled by default and you need to enable it to see the download options in the IBM® Cognos® Analytics UI.

It aims to simplify and speed up the collection of settings for data analysis and comparison. For example, you might encounter a situation when one user is able to view or perform a specific thing, and another user is not. When you enable this feature, you can easily download the JSON file and compare the settings between different users.

For more information, see Downloading settings.