Restrictions on report output formats

Administrators can now restrict the ability of users to run reports in the CVS, PDF, Microsoft Excel, and XML output formats. Separate secured functions (capabilities) control the report formats that users can see and run in the user interface.

Administrators have the following capabilities to restrict the report output formats for users:

• Generate CSV Output
• Generate PDF Output
• Generate XLS Output
• Generate XML Output

Users can still view reports in restricted formats or specify restricted formats when they set report properties. However, the users must have execute and traverse permissions for the appropriate capability to perform the following actions:

• Run reports in a restricted format.
• Set schedules or jobs for reports that run in a restricted format.
• Drill to targets that run in a restricted format.
• Print PDF reports in Cognos® Metric Studio.
• Print a PDF report in a Cognos Workspace widget.

SDK commands to run reports directly against Report Server are not validated against these capabilities.