On-Demand subscription roles
There are two types of subscription roles in Cognos®
Analytics
on Cloud On-Demand: subscription administrators and license users.
Subscription administrator role
As the Subscription administrator, you can make the following changes to your registered Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand plan:
- Add or remove users to the Standard or Premium subscription.
- Assign users to one of these role combinations:
- Subscription administrator role
- License user role
- Both the subscription administrator role and the license user role
- Send an email to users inviting them to use Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand.
- Cancel the Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand plan for users.
License user role
License users can use Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand with the functionality that is defined for their subscription level. For example, if you registered them for a Standard subscription, License users will not be able to create reports. If you want the users to be able to create reports, you must upgrade them to a Premium subscription.
The following table shows the Cognos Analytics functionality that is available for the Standard and Premium subscription levels:
| Functionality | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboarding | Yes | Yes |
| Stories | Yes | Yes |
| Exploration | No | Yes |
| AI Assistant | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting: Create or Edit reports | No | Yes |
| Reporting: Run reports (in html, csv, Excel, and other formats) | No | Yes |
| Reporting: Schedule reports and jobs | No | Yes |
| Reporting: Save report output in Cognos | No | Yes |
| Reporting: Set report bursting | No | No |
| Reporting: Receive burst reports | No | No |
| Reporting: View saved report output (1) | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting: Receive reports sent by email (2) | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting: View and interact with active reports | Yes | Yes |
Note: Please note the following clarifications:
- Viewing the saved report output is not the same as running a report. Standard users can view a report output file (html, csv, and so on) if it was saved by a Premium user in Team content.
- Receiving reports by email is not the same as receiving burst reports. For example, the Premium users can choose the Send report by email delivery option, and add standard users' emails to the list of recipients.
The License users can perform these tasks:
- Remove themselves from the subscription.
- Launch and use Cognos Analytics on Demand.
- In Cognos
Analytics
on Demand, create custom groups and roles in the
Cognos namespace to which content can be
secured.Important notes about Cognos namespace groups and roles:
- The two Cognos Analytics on Demand subscription roles (Subscription administrators and License users) serve a different purpose than the Cognos namespace roles.
- In Cognos Analytics on Demand, the standard built-in groups and roles in the Cognos namespace do not exist.