Finding users, groups, and roles
As an administrator, you often need to locate the users, groups, or roles in the namespace that you manage.
In the Namespaces view in
,
you see all the namespaces 
that are
configured for use with IBM®
Cognos® Analytics, the
Cognos namespace, and the Cognos Users namespace, if
applicable. You can navigate only the namespaces that you are logged in to, and the
Cognos and Cognos Users namespaces.
Searching for entries
A namespace might contain thousands of users and numerous groups, roles, and folders, and the
only way to find these entries is by using the search capability in Accounts.
You must search for entries in one namespace at a time so you need to select the namespace first,
and then type text in the 
Find field.
You can click the Search Method icon 
to find entries that either contain, start with, or are an exact
match with the text that you type. The search is also used when you add members of groups and roles,
specify access permissions, and so on.
Filtering entries
You can filter on users, groups, and roles to narrow your view of entries. When using with
search, specify the filter criteria for faster response. Click the filter 
icon and select or clear the filter options.
Sorting entries
Click Name to sort entries by name, ascending alphabetically. Click Name again to sort entries by name, descending alphabetically. Click Modified to sort entries by newest to oldest. Click Modified to sort the entries by oldest to newest.
Paging
If your namespaces have many entries, and you enabled account entries to be loaded by pages, you can navigate more quickly between pages to find the entries you want.