Verify that your implementation of CJAP is working as expected.
Before you begin
Cognos authentication is based on cookies. To execute these tests, delete the Cognos cookies
and open a new browser window when you switch between users.
About this task
To verify user permissions, complete the following steps.
Procedure
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Log in to Cognos by using an account with the Report_User_Role
role.
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Verify that this user has the following access:
- No access to IBM Cognos Administration.
- No access to the public folder that you secured.
- The Cut, Paste, and Delete
buttons are disabled.
- Can copy but can paste only in the user’s folder under My Folders.
- Can add a folder under My Folders but not under Public Folders.
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Verify that the members of Marketing Platform
groups that you specified in the properties file are in the expected groups and have the expected
permissions.
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Use the following information to help resolve problems:
- If reports are not accessible to a user, verify that the user has either the
Report_User_Role or the Reports_System_User role in
Cognos.
- Enable logs in the property file by providing the path to the log file.
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In Cognos Configuration, navigate to and, in the namespace you used for CJAP, set the Selectable for
authentication? property to False.