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IBM Cognos Analytics Platform => Cognos Analytics => Administration and Security => Topic started by: rockytopmark on 20 May 2019 12:55:32 PM

Title: Dashboard security/capability quandry...
Post by: rockytopmark on 20 May 2019 12:55:32 PM
My client desires to have Dashboards enabled, and to have 1 group/role that is allowed to author them, and then give the standard consumer role the ability to run and interact with them without the ability to save them, or create a new dashboard.

So far I am finding that the Dashboard capability is all or nothing... either you can Create, Edit, Save, Run/interact with dashboards... or you can't do anything.  If anyone has figured out a way to limit a group of users to only Run/Interact with dashboards, please share your insights.

Thanks, Mark
Title: Re: Dashboard security/capability quandry...
Post by: rockytopmark on 20 May 2019 12:58:01 PM
I failed to note that we have removed the Save and Author mode icons from the Dashboard application toolbar... while that is indeed a "solution" it is not a great one, since the user gets the "you have unsaved changes" dialog popup when they go to close.  The client isn't real excited about that being our "solution."
Title: Re: Dashboard security/capability quandry...
Post by: MFGF on 20 May 2019 02:41:21 PM
Quote from: rockytopmark on 20 May 2019 12:55:32 PM
My client desires to have Dashboards enabled, and to have 1 group/role that is allowed to author them, and then give the standard consumer role the ability to run and interact with them without the ability to save them, or create a new dashboard.

So far I am finding that the Dashboard capability is all or nothing... either you can Create, Edit, Save, Run/interact with dashboards... or you can't do anything.  If anyone has figured out a way to limit a group of users to only Run/Interact with dashboards, please share your insights.

Thanks, Mark

Hi Mark,

Did you see the below tech note?

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014340

I'm thinking this is what you need? Or am I misunderstanding?

Cheers!

MF.
Title: Re: Dashboard security/capability quandry...
Post by: rockytopmark on 21 May 2019 08:05:33 AM
Quote from: MFGF on 20 May 2019 02:41:21 PM
Hi Mark,

Did you see the below tech note?

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014340

I'm thinking this is what you need? Or am I misunderstanding?

Cheers!

MF.

Yeah, did that already, but the client doesn't like the fact that after interaction with the dashboard, there is always that "you have unsaved changes" dialog.  I see to RFEs on this subject, and one says it is "Planned" so I guess we wait...