Map IBM Cognos Controller Users to IBM Cognos Users

When you use the IBM® Cognos® authentication method, you must create an association between the users defined in the IBM Cognos Controller application and those defined in the Cognos namespace roles.

IBM Cognos Controller supports logons to only one namespace.

Before you begin

Important: The first user who logs on to IBM Cognos Controller using IBM Cognos Authentication is automatically mapped to the IBM Cognos Controller Administrative User, the named user defined by default in Controller. Associations between users can be created only by a user who was configured in IBM Cognos Connection as a member of the Controller Administrators role. It is important, therefore, that the first user who logs on was configured to be a member of the Controller Administrators role. Otherwise, the automatic mapping to the IBM Cognos Controller Administrative User will not occur and the user's logon will fail.

For more information about setting user rights and limitations in IBM Cognos Controller, see Using Controller.

About this task

Perform this procedure on the Cognos Controller server.

Procedure

  1. Start IBM Cognos Controller.
    Note: You must be a member of the Controller Administrators role in IBM Cognos Connection.
  2. From the Maintain menu, click Rights, Users.
  3. Select the user as defined in the IBM Cognos Controller database.
  4. Next to the CAM User box, click Show Valid Choices and then select the user as defined in the Cognos namespace roles.
  5. Click Save.