Default reporting groups
As part of the initial Reporting and Analysis setup, the pfrinit utility imports the PFRsetupTrial_<lang>.xml file, which loads the following predefined reporting groups into the Cognos namespace for an InForm study.
In the following table, some groups are described as custom groups added by the InForm application. By default, these groups have no corresponding group or role in the Cognos namespace. The groups are added to the Cognos namespace by the pfrinit utility.
Default reporting groups
InForm reporting group |
Cognos namespace group or role |
Provides these permissions |
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Ad Hoc Reporting Users |
Query Users |
Can run the Query Studio utility. Users also have the same rights as members of the Cognos Analytics 11 Consumers namespace role. |
Authors
|
Authors |
|
No equivalent group |
Consumers |
Can run reports in the Public folders. These reports can be Standard Reports or custom reports that users create. Every user that has the InForm Reports rights group right is by default a member of the Consumers group. This group is visible only as a Cognos namespace role. |
Directory Administrators
|
Directory Administrators |
|
Publishers |
Publishers |
Can create, change, schedule, or delete all content, including reports (Query Studio or Report Studio) to a Public folder. When users in the Publishers group run a report in a Public folder, their prompt selections are saved with the report. |
Report Administrators |
Report Administrators |
Can administer permissions for all public content including folders and reports. |
Server Administrators
|
Server Administrators |
|
Site Users |
Site Users |
Access to all Standard Reports except for by User reports. Users are automatically assigned to this group based on their user type. Custom group added by the InForm application. |
Sponsor Users |
Sponsor Users |
Access to all InForm standard reports, except password-related data. Users are automatically assigned to this group based on their user type. Custom group added by the InForm application. Tip:
|
No equivalent group |
System Administrator |
The superuser role in Cognos. This user has full control of every setting for every study that can be set in a given Cognos server. There is no equivalent InForm reporting group. At initial setup, all users have this right. You should identify a small group of highly trusted users and directly assign them to the Cognos namespace System Administrator role. Then, remove the Everyone group from this role. |
User Admin Info Data Users |
User Admin Info Data Users |
Access to user data including password related data. Custom group added by the InForm application. |
User Info Data Users |
User Info Data Users |
Access to user data except password related data. Custom group added by the InForm application. |