Creating the reports system user
You must create a reports system user if you use the authenticated mode for authentication. When you create the reports system user, you can create the user and data source credentials to the user that holds the login information for IBM® Cognos® BI. You do not need to create the reports system user if you use the authenticated per user mode for authentication.
When you create the reports system user, you can configure the following login credentials for the same user:
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One set of login credentials for the IBM® system: the user name and password are specified for the reports system user (cognos_admin)
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One set of login credentials for IBM® Cognos® BI: the user name and password are specified as data source credentials for the reports system user
1.
Complete the following tasks to create the reports system user:
2.
Log in to IBM® EMM as the platform_admin user.
3.
Select Settings > Users.
4.
Create an IBM® user with the following attributes:
a.
User name: cognos_admin
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Password: admin
5.
Create a new data source for the user with the following attributes:
a.
Data Source: Cognos
b.
Data Source Logon: cognos_admin
Ensure that the user name in the data source exactly matches the user name of the IBM® user you created in step 3.
c.
Data Source Password: admin
6.
Add the Reports System role to the user.
7.
If IBM® EMM 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 IBM® security "change password" challenge and reset the password before you log in to IBM® Cognos® as this user in a later task.
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