The property file determines which groups in HCL® Marketing
Software are duplicated in Cognos. Edit the property file
to specify the Marketing Platform groups that you want
to synchronize into Cognos.
Before you begin
Design the reports access in Marketing Platform by
creating groups, associating them with roles, and making users members of these groups.
Stop the Cognos service. Restart the service after you edit the properties file.
About this task
To edit and synchronize the property file, complete the following steps.
Procedure
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Browse to \webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF\AAA\lib\ under your Cognos
installation.
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Open ReportSecurityConfig.properties in a text editor.
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To set the properties, follow the instructions in the file.
For example, you might set the properties as follows:
useFolderSecurity=true
createEMMProductReportGroupsToSecureCognosReportFolders=Campaign
In Cognos,
sub folders are created under the folder you specify here.
createCampaignReportsSyncFolderPermissionGroups=true
createUserGroupInCognosSameAsPlatformGroup=Test_grp
Groups you specify here must exist in Marketing Platform.
createUserGroupInCognosWithPlatformUserRole=User_Defined_Role01
Roles you specify here must exist in Marketing Platform.
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Restart the Cognos service.
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To synchronize the property file, select in the HCL Marketing
Software user
interface.