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Question
Administrator clicks 'Maintain - Rights - Users'. Administrator creates a new user. There are several 'options' to choose from. What does each one mean?
Cause
When creating/editing users, the following options are available:
Answer
IBM Cognos Controller User:
This option is selected (enabled) by default and should not be cleared.
IBM TM1 User:
Select this option for users who should be created as part of the TM1® server security when you run an Initial Publish (IP) of IBM® Cognos® Controller Financial Analytics Publisher (FAP).
Password Never Expires:
This option is only available to the main administrator (typically 'ADM').
Active:
Select this to give the user access to IBM Cognos Controller Link for Microsoft Excel.
User Group Administrator:
Select this to make the user the administrator of the user group.
Note: This option is not available when a user is designated only as an IBM TM1 User.
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This option is selected (enabled) by default and should not be cleared.
- At the time of writing, enabling this option does not currently perform any function
- However, disabling (clearing/unticking) the option will result in the user not being able to log on to Controller.
IBM TM1 User:
Select this option for users who should be created as part of the TM1® server security when you run an Initial Publish (IP) of IBM® Cognos® Controller Financial Analytics Publisher (FAP).
- Note: If the user is designated only as an IBM TM1 User, the user will not be able to log on to Cognos Controller or the IBM Cognos Controller Link for Microsoft Excel. In this scenario, it would mean that they would consume a Planning Analytics (TM1) licence but not consume a Controller user licence.
Password Never Expires:
This option is only available to the main administrator (typically 'ADM').
Active:
Select this to give the user access to IBM Cognos Controller Link for Microsoft Excel.
- If the user has tried a faulty password too many times, the check box is cleared automatically and the administrator must activate the user again.
- The number of allowed retries is determined in the user group settings.
- Note that users are deactivated when the password expires and immediately re-activated when the password has been changed.
User Group Administrator:
Select this to make the user the administrator of the user group.
- The administrator has read and write access to the menu item Maintain/Rights. All other users have read-only access.
- You can create any number of User Group Administrators.
Note: This option is not available when a user is designated only as an IBM TM1 User.
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Example #1:
Customer would like to create a user who can:
Example #2:
Customer would like to create a user who:
Customer would like to create a user who can:
- Logon to Controller
- However, they will not have any access to the Planning Analytics (TM1) cube (where Controller data has been published via 'FAP')
Example #2:
Customer would like to create a user who:
- Cannot logon to Controller
- However, they will have access to the Planning Analytics (TM1) cube (where Controller data has been published via 'FAP')
In this scenario, it would mean that they would consume a Planning Analytics (TM1) licence but not consume a Controller user licence.
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Modified date:
25 August 2020
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