Creating Distribution Lists and Contacts

Distribution lists contain a collection of users, groups, roles, contacts, or other distribution lists.

If a recipient is not part of the IBM® Cognos® security system, you can create a contact for this person. The contacts you create can also be assigned as contacts for reports.

Note that if you choose the email recipient from a list, such as a group, role, or distribution list, you must have read access to both the list and the recipient's email account. Otherwise, the report delivery fails.

To access the directory administration tool, you must have execute permissions for the Data Source Connections secured feature and traverse permission for the Administration secured function. You must have write permissions for the Cognos namespace.