Creating the reports system user
There are two authentication modes: "authenticated" and "authenticated per user". If you use "authenticated per user" mode, you do not need to create the reports system user. If you use "authenticated" mode, you must create a reports system user. When you create the reports system user, you can create the user and data source credentials for the user with Cognos® BI credentials.
About this task
When you create the reports system user, you can configure the following login credentials for
that user:
- One set of login credentials for the Unica suite: The user name and password are specified for the reports system user (cognos_admin).
- One set of login credentials for Cognos® BI: The user name and password are specified as data source credentials for the reports system user.
To create the reports system user, complete the following steps.
Procedure
- Log in to Unica as the platform_admin user.
- Select .
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Create an user with the following
attributes:
- User name: cognos_admin
- Password: admin
- Create a data source for the user with the following attributes:
- Add the Reports System role to the user.
- If Unica is configured to expire user passwords, log out and then log back in as the reporting system user (cognos_admin). This step ensures that you interact with the security "change password" challenge and reset the password before you log in to Cognos® as this user in a later task.