Editing and synchronizing the property file

The property file determines which groups in IBM® EMM are duplicated in Cognos. You edit the property file to specify the Marketing Platform groups you want to synchronize into Cognos.

Before you begin

First, design the required reports access in Marketing Platform by creating groups, associating them with appropriate roles, and making users members of these groups.

Perform the following procedure with the Cognos service stopped, and restart the service after you edit the properties file. You must restart the Cognos service after you make any changes to the properties file.

Procedure

  1. Locate the ReportSecurityConfig.properties file in the \webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF\AAA\lib\ folder under your Cognos installation and open it in a text editor.
  2. Follow the instructions in the file for how to set the properties.

    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.

  3. Restart the Cognos service.
  4. Click Settings > Sync Report Folder Permissions in the IBM EMM user interface to synchronize the property file.