Control Access to Styles

Users may need to use different styles in their Web interface depending on the company branding requirements, locale, or product implementation. For example, the styles for Asian users may have specific characteristics that do not apply to users in other geographical locations. Therefore, these styles can be hidden from non-Asian users.

You can control access to styles by setting access permissions on them. To make a style available to end users, you grant execute permissions for the required users, groups, or roles. No other permissions are needed. As a result, the style appears in the users' preferences in IBM® Cognos® Connection. For more information, see Personalize the Portal. Users can use the style, but they cannot modify it.

Read, write, or set policy permissions can be granted for administrator users. Traverse permissions are irrelevant in relation to styles.

For more information about security, see Access Permissions and Credentials.

Procedure

In IBM Cognos Connection, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
On the Configuration tab, click Styles.
Click the arrow next to a style name, and click Set properties.
Click the Permissions tab.
Select the Override the access permissions acquired from the parent entry check box.
Grant the required type of access permissions.
- For end users, grant execute permissions for the users, groups, or roles that you want to have access to this style.
- For administrators, grant read, write, or set policy permissions.
For more information, see Set access permissions for an entry.