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Robert Peter den Heijer posted Fri July 04, 2025 09:15 AM

This is an interesting challenge, I hope you have a solution.

  1. I have a user with create rights (Analytics user) that has access to two data connections: A and B.
  2. I created two folders A and B. The user has access to both folders as well (read, execute and write rights)
  3. I created two Cognos roles A and B : A mapped on data connection A and folder A and B on B 
  4. In these folders the data module on data connection A is in folder A and the one for B in B
  5. the requirement from risk architecture is that this user can only publish a report based on data connection A, created with data module A in folder A, and for B in folder B.
  6. I tried with a deny on write for role B in folder A but that also overwrites the allow write for role A.

I am stuck, two questions : 

  1. is this requirement of architecture possible in the first place, and if yes
  2. can you tell me how?

My gratitude is huge if you know a solution, and I promise a dinner when you happen to visit the Netherlands.