1. Presented by James Mueller – Graceland University June 2 2012, 9:30am #441 – Delivering Login Specific Data in Cognos

9. The Secret Ingredient Cognos Session Parameters Cognos Session Parameters – How Cognos knows who is logged in – Information from the Authentication Provider – Can be expanded – Can be used in reports Macro Functions – Help information in Framework Manager – Can be blind-used in Report Studio

10. User logs in with AD AD gives Cognos the user’s account information (ID) User logs in with AD AD gives Cognos the user’s account information (ID) Sends SQL request to DB filtered by user’s ID Gathers only the data associated to user’s ID User is presented with their report How It Works COGNOS/AD COGNOS DB COGNOS

11. Benefits User only sees their information – Helps secure information in shared tables like emptime_rec (CX) – Removes steps (less prompt questions) like adm_rec (CX) – Reduces errors (users mis-answering a prompt) Speeds reports – Only relevant information is pulled Tracking Report output after printing – “Who posted this report on the bulletin board?”

12. Example: student schedule report Note: accessible to all Faculty and Staff with access to Faculty Tab or direct URL

13. Example: student schedule report Note: Graceland uses role_rec to contain ALL ROLES a user has

14. Example: supervisee time chart report Note: Lists only the employee and anyone they supervise (and those people supervise)

15. So, how do you do this? There’s a help document! https://my.graceland.edu/ICS/Portlets/ICS/Handoutportlet/viewhandler.ashx?handout _id=c173fa6c-9658-4478-bec1-547108c38ab0 Gives basic overview How to capture the user’s ID – Two methods How to put them into Cognos Then let your imagination run wild!

16. james.mueller@graceland.edu 641.784.5056 GU Group https://my.graceland.edu/ICS/GU_Groups/Group_Management/Cognos_Power_Users/ https://my.graceland.edu/ICS/GU_Groups/Group_Management/Cognos_Power_Users/ Wiki https://wiki.myjenzabar.net/Category:Cognos https://wiki.myjenzabar.net/Category:Cognos Lists http://lists.jenzabar.net/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=JENZA-COGNOS-L http://lists.jenzabar.net/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=JENZA-COGNOS-L http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/cognos10-l/ http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=2335 The Ending Stuff