Setting PDF Options

You can specify options to control the ability to alter or manipulate PDF documents created by IBM® Cognos®. These options can be specified when running reports and allow for more granular control of accessibility options and print quality, and enforce control of these options using password protection on a PDF document.

Use the bibus » pdfOptionEnum enumeration set to specify options anywhere other options are specified. For example, PDF options can be specified for a bibus » baseReport object, a bibus » jobDefinition object, a bibus » jobStepDefinition object, an bibus » agentDefinition object, or an bibus » agentTaskDefinition object.

Specifying PDF options has no effect if the value specified for bibus » runOptionEnum » outputFormat value is not PDF. If a value is not specified for bibus » pdfOptionEnum » ownerPassword value, any of the values specified for PDF options can be overridden by a consuming application.

Security settings for PDF report output can be set by anyone with write access to the bibus » baseReport object. Encryption strength and key sizes for PDF documents are set using IBM Cognos Configuration.

A user running a report who does not have write access for the report cannot set PDF options if the report output is persisted in the content store.