Example 4: Disabling the Run all at once option in jobs

You can prevent users from creating a job in which every report is run at once.

For information about jobs, see Creating a job to schedule multiple entries.

Example

In this example, you want to prevent reports in a job from running simultaneously to improve your server performance. You decide to disable the Run all at once option in jobs created by people in the Analytics Explorers role.

Procedure

  1. Log on as an administrator.
  2. Go to Manage > People > Accounts, and click the Cognos namespace.
  3. Click the More button More icon next to the Modelers role.
  4. Click the Properties icon Properties.
  5. Click the Customization tab.
  6. Click the chevron button chevron icon after Features.

    The Features panel appears.

  7. Click the chevron buttons chevron icon for Jobs > Collections.
  8. Deselect the check box next to Run all at once.
  9. Click Apply.

Results

The Run all at once option is no longer available in the Run options panel of jobs created by users in the Analytics Explorers role.
Note: Affected users must log out and then log back in before the change is reflected in their view of the product.