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  • 1.  Problem with Cognos standard roles

    Posted Mon February 08, 2021 11:44 AM
    Hi, I have created new user and add it as a member in to Cognos standard roles - Readers, because I want to this user only run and create outputs of some reports. But the problem is that when I log in as that user, he still can do everything else, create reports. go to administration ....and I do not know what am I doing wrong. Tnx

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    Veljko
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  • 2.  RE: Problem with Cognos standard roles

    Posted Mon February 08, 2021 11:26 PM
    Have you disabled the Everyone group?

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    Sanjay Chakravarty
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  • 3.  RE: Problem with Cognos standard roles

    Posted Tue February 09, 2021 05:51 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:16 PM
    Yes, I have removed Everyone from Readers, but I am not sure do I have to remove it from all the others groups?

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    Veljko
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  • 4.  RE: Problem with Cognos standard roles

    Posted Tue February 09, 2021 08:42 AM
    In General, it's safe to say that the "Everyone" group should be removed from any roles that you are not using.  Many people leave it in System Administrators by mistake after an initial install, and wonder why none of their security is making a difference.  In your case, it might be lingering in another one of the Cognos roles.​

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    Christopher Keaton
    LPA Software Solutions
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  • 5.  RE: Problem with Cognos standard roles

    Posted Tue February 09, 2021 08:44 AM

    You need to remove the Everyone Group from the System Administrators Group and verify it's also not in the Analytics Administrators Group. 

    It's there by default on a new install so the default cognos user has full System Admin privileges. 

    ** BEFORE REMOVING IT **, make sure you have at least one account to be the System Admin the Analytics Administrators Group and keep that group in the System Administrators Group.

    We're currently jiggling our security groups to comply with the "latest" licensing and so are utilizing the Analytics Explorers and Analytics Users groups for the majority of our user base.  They're in several groups including Readers so you may find that after removing the Everyone group from System Admin that they don't have ENOUGH privileges.  If that's the case try putting them in these two other groups - depending on your licensing entitlements with IBM.

    Wayne



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    Wayne Westlake
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