Standard roles

The table in this section lists the predefined Cognos® roles. Standard roles each have specific capabilities that allow users to perform different tasks in IBM® Cognos Analytics.

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For a list of default capabilities assigned to each standard role, see Initial access permissions for capabilities.
To modify the membership of standard roles, see Securing System Administrators and standard roles.
Another type of role is a license role. Based on license entitlements, there are four license names: Analytics Administrator; Analytics Explorer; Analytics User; and Analytics Viewer. For more information, see License roles.

Table 1. Predefined Cognos standard roles
Standard role	Description
Analysis Users	Members have the same access permissions as Consumers. They can also use the IBM Cognos Analysis Studio.
Authors	Members have the same access permissions as Query Users and Analysis Users. They can use Reporting, Query Studio, and Analysis Studio, and save public content, such as reports and report outputs.
Consumers	Members can read and execute public content, such as reports.
Directory Administrators	Members can administer the contents of namespaces. In the Cognos namespace, they administer groups, accounts, contacts, distribution lists, data sources, and printers.
Library Administrators	Members can access, import, and administer the contents of the Library tab in IBM Cognos Administration.
Mobile Users	Members can access IBM Cognos content, such as reports, through IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile Reports.
Mobile Administrators	Members can administer IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile Reports.
Modelers	Members can use the modeling user interface to create and manage data modules.
Portal Administrators	Members can administer the Cognos portlets and other portlets. This includes customizing portlets, defining portlet styles, and setting access permissions for portlets. Portal administrators can also upload extensions that allow users, for example, to add images to reports or dashboards.
Planning Contributor Users	Members can access the Contributor Web client, Contributor Add-in for Microsoft Excel, or Analyst.
Planning Rights Administrators	Members can access Contributor Administration Console, Analyst, and all associated objects in the application.
Query Users	Members have the same access permissions as Consumers. They can also use the IBM Cognos Query Studio.
Readers	Members have read-only access to IBM Cognos software. They can navigate some portions of the content store, view saved report outputs in the portal, select cells in saved report outputs in Cognos Viewer, and use Cognos Viewer context menu to perform actions, such as drill-through.
Report Administrators	Members can administer the public content, for which they have full access. They can also use IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting and IBM Cognos Query Studio.
Server Administrators	Members can administer servers, dispatchers, and jobs.
System Administrators	Members can access and modify any object in the content store, regardless of any security policies set for the object. Only members of the System Administrators role can modify the membership of this role.