Content Manager Hierarchy of Objects
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| /Root |
All folders below /Root in the hierarchy. |
| /Root/Directory |
Information about authentication providers and other information typically found in a directory service. |
| /Root/Directory/Cognos |
The Cognos® directory namespace containing Cognos groups, data sources, distribution lists, and contacts. |
| /Root/Directory/other providers |
Other security namespaces, such as LDAP, and Active Directory. |
| /Root/Public Folders |
All application data in Content Manager. |
| /Root/Directory/application packages |
A separate folder for each application containing information about the application. |
| /Root/Configuration |
Configuration data for all IBM® Cognos components and templates. |
| /Root/Capabilities |
Objects that can be secured through policies that restrict access to functionality, such as Administration, Report Studio, and Query Studio; and to features, such as user defined SQL, and bursting. |
| /Root/Import |
Deployment information for each archive imported into Content Manager. |
| /Root/Export |
Deployment information for each archive exported from Content Manager. |
The Root Object
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Everyone |
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Top-level Content Manager Objects
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| Capabilities |
Directory Administrators |
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| Everyone |
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| Configuration |
Server Administrators |
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| Everyone |
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| Public Folders |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Query Users |
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| Consumers |
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| Express® Authors |
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| Readers |
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| Export |
Report Administrators |
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| Import |
Report Administrators |
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| Directory |
Everyone |
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Capabilities
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Group, role, or account |
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| Adaptive Analytics |
Adaptive Analytics Administrators |
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| Adaptive Analytics Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration |
Directory Administrators |
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| Portal Administrators |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Server Administrators |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Planning Rights Administrators |
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| Adaptive Analytics Administrators |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| PowerPlay® Administrators |
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| Administration/Adaptive Analytics Administration |
Adaptive Analytics Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Run activities and schedules |
Report Administrators |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| Administration/Configure and manage the system |
Server Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Users, Groups, and Roles |
Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Set capabilities and manage UI profiles |
Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Data Sources Connections |
Directory Administrators | |
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| Administration/Administration tasks |
Server Administrators |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| Administration/Distribution Lists and Contacts |
Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Printers |
Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Metric Studio Administration |
Metrics Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Planning Administration |
Planning Rights Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Query Service Administration |
Directory Administrators |
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| Server Administrators |
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| Administration/PowerPlay Servers |
Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| Administration/Styles and portlets |
Portal Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Controller Administration |
Controller Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Administration/Query Service Administration |
Directory Administrators |
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| Server Administrators |
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| Analysis Studio |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Analysis Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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Cognos Insight |
Cognos Insight Users |
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Directory Administrators |
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| IBM Cognos Viewer/ Context Menu Selection Toolbar |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Consumers |
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| Query Users |
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| Analysis Users |
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| Readers |
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| Express Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| IBM Cognos Viewer/Run With Options |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Consumers |
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| Query Users |
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| Analysis Users |
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| Express Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| Collaborate/ Allow collaboration features Launch collaboration tools |
Analysis Users |
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| Authors |
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| Consumers |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| Query Users |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Controller Studio |
Controller Users |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Data Manager |
Data Manager Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Detailed Errors |
Directory Administrators |
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| Drill Through Assistant |
Directory Administrators |
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| Event Studio |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Metrics Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Execute Indexed Search |
Directory Administrators |
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| Everyone |
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| Executive Dashboard |
Analysis Users |
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| Authors |
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| Consumers |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| Query Users |
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| Readers |
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| Report Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| Executive Dashboard/Publish Dashboards to Collaboration Spaces |
Directory Administrators |
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| Report Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| Glossary |
Everyone |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Hide Entries |
Everyone |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Import Relational Metadata |
Directory Administrators |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Lineage |
Everyone |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Manage Own Data Source Signons |
Directory Administrators |
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| Metric Studio |
Metrics Administrators |
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| Metrics Users |
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| Metrics Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Metric Studio/Edit View |
Metrics Administrators |
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| Metrics Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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Mobile |
Mobile Users |
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Directory Administrators |
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| Planning Contributor |
Planning Contributor Users |
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| Planning Rights Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Studio |
Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| Query Studio/ Create Advanced |
Authors |
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| Query Users |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Report Studio |
Authors |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| Report Studio/ Bursting HTML items in report User Defined SQL |
Authors |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Report Studio/ Create/Delete |
Authors |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| Report Studio/Allow External Data |
Directory Administrators |
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| Report Studio/Open PowerPlay Reports with Report Studio |
Directory Administrators |
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| Scheduling |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Consumers |
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| Query Users |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Metrics Authors |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Controller Users |
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| Analysis Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| Scheduling/Scheduling Priority |
Report Administrators |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| Scheduling/ Schedule by day Schedule by hour Schedule by minute Schedule by month Schedule by trigger Schedule by week Schedule by year |
Analysis Users |
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| Authors |
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| Consumers |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Controller Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Metrics Authors |
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| Query Users |
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| Report Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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| Self-Service Package Wizard |
Directory Administrators |
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| Set Entry-Specific Capabilities |
Directory Administrators |
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| Specification Execution |
Data Manager Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Statistics |
Directory Administrators |
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| Statistics Authors |
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| Watch Rules |
Report Administrators |
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| Authors |
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| Query Users |
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| Consumers |
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| Metrics Administrators |
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| Metrics Authors |
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| Controller Administrators |
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| Controller Users |
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| Analysis Users |
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| Express Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Administrators |
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| PowerPlay Users |
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The Cognos Namespace
| Object |
Group, role, or account |
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| Cognos |
Everyone |
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| Directory Administrators |
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Built-in and Predefined Objects in the Cognos Namespace
| Object |
Group, role, or account |
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| Adaptive Analytics Administrators |
Adaptive Analytics Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Adaptive Analytics Users |
Directory Administrators |
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| Adaptive Analytics Users |
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| All Authenticated Users |
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| All Authenticated Users |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Analysis Users |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Analysis Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Anonymous |
Anonymous |
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| Everyone |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Authors |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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Cognos Insight Users |
All Authenticated Users |
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Cognos Insight Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Consumers |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Consumers |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Controller Administrators |
Controller Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Controller Users |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Controller Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Data Manager Authors |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Data Manager Authors |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
Directory Administrators |
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| Express Authors |
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| All Authenticated Users |
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| Everyone |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Anonymous |
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| Metrics Administrators |
Metrics Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Metrics Authors |
Metrics Authors |
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| All Authenticated Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Metrics Users |
Metrics Users |
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| All Authenticated Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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Mobile Users |
Mobile Users |
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| All Authenticated Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Planning Contributor Users |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Planning Contributor Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Planning Rights Administrators |
Planning Rights Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Portal Administrators |
Portal Administrators |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Query Users |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Query Users |
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| Readers |
Directory Administrators |
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| Readers |
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| All Authenticated Users |
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| Report Administrators |
Directory Administrators |
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| Report Administrators |
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| Server Administrators |
Directory Administrators |
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| Server Administrators |
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Statistics Authors |
All Authenticated Users |
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| Directory Administrators |
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| Statistics Authors |
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| System Administrators |
System Administrators |
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