Modifying a signon

You can modify an existing signon.

Procedure

In IBM Cognos Administration, on the Configuration tab, click Data Source Connections.
Click the data source, and then click the connection for which you want to modify the signon.
Tip: To remove a signon, select its check box and click the delete button.
Click the set properties button for the signon you want to modify.
Click the Signon tab.
A list of users and groups that can use the signon appears.
If you want to change the user ID and password that make up the signon click Edit the signon, type the new credentials, and click OK.
If you want to add users or groups to the signon list, click Add, and choose how to select users and groups:
- To choose from listed entries, click the appropriate namespace, and then select the check boxes next to the users, groups, or roles.
- To search for entries, click Search and in the Search string box, type the phrase you want to search for. For search options, click Edit. Find and click the entry you want.
- To type the name of entries you want to add, click Type and type the names of groups, roles, or users using the following format, where a semicolon (;) separates each entry:
  namespace/group_name;namespace/role_name;namespace/user_name;
  
  Here is an example:
  
  Cognos/Authors;LDAP/scarter;
Click the right-arrow button and when the entries you want appear in the Selected entries box, click OK.
Tip: To remove entries from the Selected entries list, select them and click Remove. To select all entries in the list, select the check box for the list. To make the user entries visible, click Show users in the list.
Click OK.