Cognos Powerplay Terminolgies

[u253458]

Hi,

Could somebody please define for me

What's Namespace (Access Manager)?

What's user class?

What's user group?

Difference between user class and user group?

What are Upfront interface files?

What's theme?

What's datasource (access manager)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DoubleD]

Per Cognos:

namespace:
A source of authentication data used by Access Manager that exists as a directory on a directory server, or as an entry in a local authentication export file (.lae), depending on the default security server configured in the system registry.
The security data stored in each namespace, such as signon information for users, user classes, application servers and data sources, distinguishes each entry from all other namespaces in the repository.

user class:
A software object that administrators define for their organizations to control access based on membership in specific user groups or communities. A user class object specifies the user class name, the times that members of the user class can access data, and the administrative privileges the user class has in Access Manager.
By default, user classes do not have administrative privileges in Access Manager, and the data a user class can access is defined in the client application.

user group:
There is no definition for user group. It is just a reference to how you group your users, ie Dept, Age, Job, Seniority.
Although organizationally you may have user groups, User Classes are actually defined within Access Manager and users can be in multiple User Classes to provide them access to whatever data you feel is valid.

Upfront "interface files":
Not sure exactly what you mean by this. Upfront is the Cognos interface to access objects and data on the web. This interface is standardized and unlike themes, it is not easily modified.

Theme:
A modifiable set of .html pages designed to control how a user views and accesses Cognos objects.

Data source:
Represents a network location where data is stored. A data source can be a database, a PowerPlay cube, or a cube stored in a database. Access Manager only stores connection information for each data source, not the contents of the data source.
Access Manager also enables you to provide auto-access to password-protected databases for users. With an auto-access signon, users can access a database without being prompted for a database user ID or password.

Hope this helps.