Assigning access rights to Microsoft cubes

For a user account to open Microsoft cubes, it must be assigned the appropriate privileges in the system administrative tools.

Procedure

  1. Add the domain user account that starts the IBM® Cognos® service to the Act as part of the operating system privilege:
    • Under Administrative Tools, select Local Security Policy.
    • Expand Security Settings, Local Policies and click User Rights Assignment.
    • Right-click the Act as part of the operating system policy and select Properties.
    • Click Add User or Group and add the user account that starts the IBM Cognos service.
  2. If you use the domain userID and password method of authentication, add the user account that starts the IBM Cognos service to the domain that includes Content Manager, the Application Tier Components, IIS Web server, and the data source server (Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Analysis Server).
  3. If you use an external namespace, such as Active Directory Server, for authentication, add the user account that starts the IBM Cognos service to the domain that includes the authentication provider.

    This domain must also include Content Manager, the Application Tier Components, IIS Web server, and the data source server (Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Analysis Server).

    For more information about configuring external namespaces for authentication, see the topics about authentication providers in the IBM Cognos Analytics Installation and Configuration Guide.