Examples: Hiding menu options for a feature

You can hide some menu options for a feature from users in specified roles.

Important:
  1. When you hide a menu item for a feature via customization, you do not change any user's capability to perform the action of the menu item. In some cases, a user can access the same functionality from a different location in the user interface. In other words, hiding a menu item does not apply security rules to a feature. To apply role-based security, you must assign capabilities. For more information, see User capabilities.
  2. When you deselect an item for a submenu that also appears under several other categories (perspectives), you hide the item for every perspective with the same submenu and item. For more information, see the example topic, Removing an item from a common submenu.

Procedure

  1. Log on as an administrator.
  2. Go to Manage > People > Accounts, and click the Cognos namespace.
  3. Click the More icon More icon next to the role for which you want to hide menu items.
  4. Select the Properties options.
  5. Click the Customization tab.
  6. Click the Edit icon Edit icon next to the Features entry.

    The Features dialog box opens.

  7. Complete the steps in one of the following examples: