Object Capabilities

Object capabilities specify the secured functions and features that users, groups, or roles can use with different packages. For example, the capabilities define the studio to open a package and the studio features available while working with this package.

The secured functions and their features, also referred to as global capabilities, control access to the different components and functionality in IBM® Cognos® software. For object capabilities to work, you must combine them with applicable global capabilities. For example, when setting up object capabilities for a package that contains Report Studio and Query Studio reports, ensure that the user also has access to the Report Studio and Query Studio secured functions and their applicable secured features.

Republishing an existing package from a client tool, such as Framework Manager, does not overwrite or modify object capabilities previously specified in IBM Cognos Connection.

Control object capabilities with the Set Entry-Specific Capabilities secured function Set Entry-Specific Capabilities.

You can set up the following object capabilities for individual packages Set Up Object Capabilities for a Package.

Adaptive Analytics

This secured function controls access to the reports packaged using Adaptive Analytics.

Administration

This secured function controls access to the administrative pages in IBM Cognos software. You can specify object capabilities for the following secured features within Administration.

  • Adaptive Analytics Administration

    Users can access Adaptive Analytics to perform administrative tasks.

  • Planning Administration

    Users can access IBM Cognos Planning Contributor Administration Console and IBM Cognos Planning Analyst to perform administration tasks.

  • Metric Studio Administration

    Users can create new metric packages using the new metric package wizard in IBM Cognos Connection, and access the Tools menu in Metric Studio.

Event Studio

This secured function controls access to Event Studio.

Glossary

This secured function controls access to the IBM InfoSphere® Business Glossary.

Metric Studio

This secured function controls access to Metric Studio.

The secured feature associated with this function is

  • Edit View

    Use the edit features of Metric Studio to edit metric content.

Planning Contributor

This secured function controls access to IBM Cognos Planning Contributor and IBM Cognos Planning Analyst.

PowerPlay Studio

This secured function controls access to PowerPlay® Studio.

Query Studio

This secured function controls access to the Query Studio, which you use to create simple, ad hoc reports.

The secured feature associated with this function is

  • Create

    Create new reports and use the Save as option for new reports and custom views.

  • Advanced

    Use advanced authoring features, such as creating complex filters, formatting style, and multilingual support.

Report Studio

This secured function controls access to the Report Studio user interface and to the underlying report execution functionality. Users need execute permissions on this secured function to access the Report Studio user interface. Traverse or read permissions on this secured function might be needed to use the associated secured features, for example, to run reports created with custom SQL or embedded HTML.

The secured features associated with this function are:

  • Allow External Data

    Users can use external data in reports.

  • Bursting

    Users can author and run burst reports.

  • Create/Delete

    Users can create new reports, use the Save as option for new reports and report views, and change models.

  • HTML Items in Report

    Users can use the HTMLItem button and hyperlink elements of the report specification when authoring reports.

  • User Defined SQL

    Users can edit the SQL statements directly in the query specification and run the query specifications that contain the edited SQL statements.

    Tip: Restrictions on who can use this feature are not enforced in Framework Manager. For example, a Framework Manager user who does not have User Defined SQL rights in IBM Cognos Administration can still create a query subject and use manually created SQL queries to search a database.

Lineage

This secured function controls access to the Lineage action. Use this to view information about data or metadata items from IBM Cognos Viewer, or from the source tree in Report Studio, Query Studio, and Analysis Studio.

Specification Execution

This secured function specifies that a user or Software Development Kit application can use an inline specification.

IBM Cognos BI studios and some services use inline specifications internally to perform tasks. The service running the specification tests a number of capabilities to ensure that the user is entitled to use the inline specification. For more information, see the runSpecification method in the Developer Guide.

This capability is required to author Data Manager tasks.

Watch Rules

This secured function controls access to the Rules tab in My Watch Items in IBM Cognos Connection. Use this secured function to create and run watch rules.