Creating trusted credentials

You can create trusted credentials when you want to authorize other users to use your credentials because those users do not have sufficient access permissions to perform specific tasks.

For users to use trusted credentials, traverse permissions must be granted for the namespace.

Procedure

In IBM® Cognos® Connection, click the my area options button , My Preferences.
On the Personal tab, under Credentials, if you have not created credentials before, click Create the Credentials.
Tip: If your trusted credentials are already created, you might only need to renew them by clicking Renew the credentials.
Select the users, groups, or roles that you want to authorize to use your credentials.
If you are prompted for your credentials, provide your user ID and password.
If you want to add entries, click Add and choose how to select entries:
- 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;
If you want to remove an entry from the list, select the check box next to it and click Remove.

Results

The users, groups, or roles that can use your credentials are now listed in the Credentials section.