Enabling Authors group permissions

By default, the Authors Oracle InForm Reporting group restricts users from including HTML items and user-defined SQL when creating reports.

For on-premises customers in a self-hosted environment, these default permissions can be modified to remove these restrictions in the Cognos Administration module:

1. Login as a Cognos system administrator.
2. Go to Manage > People > Capabilities.
   A search box appears.
3. Search for and select Edit User Defined SQL permission.
4. Open the menu and click Customize Access.
5. Remove the All Authenticated Users group by clicking the minus (-) button. Confirm the deletion.
6. Add the Authors group to Edit User Defined SQL permission by clicking the plus (+) button.
   • Click Cognos.
   • Search for and select the Authors group.
   • Click the plus (+) button to assign the Access permission to the group.
7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 to add the Authors group to the Edit HTML Items permission.

All users belonging to the Authors group will now be able to make changes to user-defined SQL and HTML items.

Note:

If implemented, this customization should be re-assessed for potential impact following any version upgrade for IBM Cognos Analytics, and dependent on future changes in the Cognos security or permissions model, may require to be re-applied or revised. For more information,, please see the IBM Cognos Analytics documentation.

• Allowing support for restricted report elements