Configuring access to personal data sets

Configure access to personal data sets to give both users and administrators access to My Data Sets functionality.

Note: To use the Data Sets administration page, a user must have execute and traverse permissions for both the Administration capability and the My Data Sets Administration capability. If you assign system access using the predefined Cognos® roles, then by default a user must be assigned to both the Directory Administrators and Servers Administrators role to use the Data Sets administration page.

Procedure

In IBM Cognos Administration, click the Security tab, and then click Capabilities.
Select the appropriate capability for either users or administrators.
- If you are setting access for users, click the actions button for My Data Sets, and click Set properties.
- If you are setting access for administrators, click the Administration link, then click the actions button for My Data Sets Administration, and click Set properties.
Click the Permissions tab.
Remove Execute and Traverse permissions from the Everyone group.
Select the users that you want to have access to the capability that you selected and assign each one both Execute and Traverse permissions.
Tip: If you do not assign both Execute and Traverse permissions, the user will not be able to use the My Data Sets feature.

For more information about setting permissions, see Setting Access to Secured Functions or Features.