IBM Cognos 8 user permissions

• Read - it allows users to:
  - View all the properties of an entry, including the report specification, report output and properties.
  - Create a shortcut to the objects.
  
• Write - it allows users to:
  - Create entries in a container (packages and folders for instance)
  - Modify properties of an entry
  - Delete an entry
  - Modify the specification of a report
  - Create new outputs for a report
  
• Execute - it allows users to:
  - Process and run an entry, such as reports, agents and metrics.
  - For data sources, connections and signons, the entries can be used to retrieve data from a data provider, however the user cannot read the database information directly.
  - Permit someone else to use their credentials.
• Set policy - allows users to read and update security settings, view and change permissions of a Cognos 8 object
• Traverse - allows users to view the contents of a folder or a package, and view general properties of the container (such as name, description, creation date, and so on)

Added on 2009-12-09 18:15:55 by K. Southwood:

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