Users
Information about users, such as first and last names, passwords, IDs, locales, and email addresses, is stored in the providers. However, this may not be all the information required by IBM Cognos software. For example, it does not specify the location of the users' personal folders, or format preferences for viewing reports. This additional information about users is stored in IBM Cognos software, but when addressed in IBM Cognos software, the information appears as part of the external namespace.
Series 7 Users
If you configured the IBM Cognos Series 7 authentication provider, a user from that namespace must belong to at least one Access Manager user class for the user to be usable in IBM Cognos software. For more information, see Authentication Providers.
For example, if you create a new user in Series 7 Access Manager and assign the user to a user class, but then remove the user from that user class, you cannot log on as that user in IBM Cognos software.
Deleting and Recreating Users
For Series 7 authentication providers, you cannot maintain associated properties and items when you delete and re-create a user. For example, if a user creates an object in My Folders, and then that user is deleted, the My Folders objects are no longer associated with that user. If a user with the same name is re-created, the objects are not reinstated.
If you use an LDAP server, the stability of My Folders objects depends on how you use the IDs. If the configuration of the LDAP provider uses the default attribute of dn for the Unique identifier parameter, a reinstated user with the same name keeps the My Folders objects of the original user. If you change the Unique identifier parameter to a unique attribute set by the LDAP server, for example, nsuniqueid for Sun Java™ System, the association of My Folders objects is lost for a deleted user and a new My Folders will be created for a user of the same name.
You can delete, copy, and change user profiles. For more information, see Managing User Profiles.