Predefined entries

The predefined entries include several IBM® Cognos® roles. Each role has a specific set of access permissions and can be used to secure different components and functions in IBM Cognos software. You can use the predefined roles, or delete them.

When the predefined roles are created during the content store initialization, the group Everyone is a member of some of them. Some of such roles are Consumers, Query Users, Analysis Users, and Authors. If you want to use the predefined roles, you should modify their initial membership immediately after installing and configuring IBM Cognos software. For more information, see Security settings after installation.

The following table lists the predefined Cognos roles.

Table 1. Predefined Cognos roles
Role	Description
Adaptive Analytics Administrators	Members can administer reports packaged using Adaptive Analytics.
Adaptive Analytics Users	Members can use reports packaged using Adaptive Analytics.
Analysis Users	Members have the same access permissions as Consumers. They can also use the IBM Cognos Analysis Studio.
Authors	Members have the same access permissions as Query Users and Analysis Users. They can use Report Studio, IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced, Query Studio, and Analysis Studio, and save public content, such as reports and report outputs.
Cognos Insight Users	Represents the set of users who can launch/install Cognos Insight and access Cognos Insight features.
Consumers	Members can read and execute public content, such as reports.
Controller Administrators	Members have full access to IBM Cognos Controller menus and can create individual IBM Cognos Controller users and define their limitations.
Controller Users	Members have general access to IBM Cognos Controller menus.
Data Manager Authors	Members can use Data Manager to create data warehouses and data repositories for reporting, analysis, and performance management.
Directory Administrators	Members can administer the contents of namespaces. In the Cognos namespace, they administer groups, accounts, contacts, distribution lists, data sources, and printers.
Library Administrators	Members can access, import, and administer the contents of the Library tab in IBM Cognos Administration.
Express® Authors	Members can use IBM Cognos Report Studio, IBM Cognos Query Studio, and IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced.
Metrics Administrators	Members can administer metric packages and tasks in IBM Cognos Connection.
Metrics Authors	Members can create and edit scorecard applications in Metric Studio.
Metrics Users	Members can monitor performance in Metric Studio.
Mobile Users	Members can access IBM Cognos content, such as reports, through IBM Cognos Mobile applications.
Mobile Administrators	Members can administer IBM Cognos Mobile applications.
Portal Administrators	Members can administer the Cognos portlets and other portlets in IBM Cognos Connection. This includes customizing portlets, defining portlet styles, and setting access permissions for portlets.
Planning Contributor Users	Members can access the Contributor Web client, Contributor Add-in for Microsoft Excel, or Analyst.
Planning Rights Administrators	Members can access Contributor Administration Console, Analyst, and all associated objects in the application.
Query Users	Members have the same access permissions as Consumers. They can also use the IBM Cognos Query Studio.
Readers	Members have read-only access to IBM Cognos software. They can navigate some portions of the content store, view saved report outputs in the portal, select cells in saved report outputs in Cognos Viewer, and use Cognos Viewer context menu to perform actions, such as drill-through.
Report Administrators	Members can administer the public content, for which they have full access. They can also use IBM Cognos Report Studio and IBM Cognos Query Studio.
Server Administrators	Members can administer servers, dispatchers, and jobs.
Tenant Administrators	Members can perform tenant administration tasks.