Trusted Credentials
Trusted credentials are used for users who must
perform a task or process, but do not have sufficient access permissions
for entries that contain sensitive data, such as database signons
and group memberships. Users with more extensive access permissions,
who own the entries, can authorize a trusted user to use their credentials
to access the entries.
Trusted credentials are also used to run scheduled requests when users are not logged on to IBM® Cognos® software, for example, overnight. When the request runs, a user session is created. The trusted credential is used to log on to IBM Cognos software as the user the trusted credential represents and the user's access permissions are used to run the report or the job.
The credentials are stored as part of the account object in the namespace.