User Rights

Users are connected to user groups, which in turn are connected to the defined security groups that define which menus, companies, extended dimensions, closing versions, forms, reports, import specifications, lookup tables, approval of journals are available to the relevant users.

Users, user rights and security groups are related to each other in the following way:

• First you define security groups. These groups can be used to define what users and user groups will have access to. A security group can include, for example, IBM® Cognos Controller menus, companies, closing versions or forms. For more information, see Create Security Groups.
• Then you define user groups and users. All users must have a user ID and be connected to a user group. You usually start with defining the user groups. For both users and user groups, you can limit the access to, for example, Cognos Controller menus, companies, closing versions or forms by connecting the user or user group to a defined security group.

  For more information about user groups, see Create User Groups. For more information about users, see Create Users.