Hide Inaccessible Tabs Referenced in the User Account Preferences

By default, IBM® Cognos® Connection shows all tabs referenced in the user account preferences regardless of the user's access permissions for the associated pages.

The tabs that a user cannot access are flagged, and a message is displayed when the tab is clicked.

You can change this functionality so that users can only see the tabs for which they have access permissions.

Procedure

  1. Open the system.xml file in the c10_location\templates\ps\portal directory.
  2. Find the hideInaccessibleTabs parameter and change its value to true.
  3. Save the system.xml file.
  4. Restart the IBM Cognos service.

Results

The tabs do not appear in the main IBM Cognos Connection view, but are still listed in the user's My Preferences, Portal Tabs page.
Parent topic: Customizing IBM Cognos Connection