Save/Save As

[Jful23]

Hi!

I am having some problems restricting users from saving reports using the Save/Save As links at the top of the screen. All of our reports are output as pdfs, so all saving should be done within the Adobe toolbar. Is there any way to remove these links completely?
I have tried modifying the report properties logged in to Upfront as Administrator, but restricting the users to read and execute rights does nothing -- all users are still allowed to save ( and therefore overwrite) the report!

I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide!
Thanks a bunch!

 

[martijn1]

i don't know much about adobe but i know something about upfront.

If the execute/read/write in upfront doesn't work you probably forgot to set the security in de upfront server manager.

Tools-security-newsbox administrator-set security
Now you can give or take rights to your users

Martijn

 

[BeckyBoop]

I resolved the same issue. Below is the solution found in the Cognos Knowledgebase:

Upfront
Version : 7



Description:

In Upfront 7.0 there are three options below the blue status bar when you are in the Report is Running screen:
- Save the report
- Save the report as new entry
- Return to source
Is it possible to disable the "Save the report" option?


Solution:

To do this you must be able to log into Upfront as administrator. Select the properties of the report you want to restrict. Now grant Execute privileges only to the User Class.
This will remove the Save the Report option the next time that User Class runs the report.





OR





Upfront
Version : 7

Description:

How can I hide the save-as option in Upfront? We want most of our users to only be able to run the reports. There are no folders that the users can write to so when they select save-as they get to a list of grayed out folders and finally have to cancel. Can the option just be removed altogether?


Solution:

In order to hide the "save as" command from Upfront, Backup the following two files:

iwr_running.utml
iwr_outputview_header.utml

These files are in:
$:\Program Files\Cognos\cer2\templates\upfront\en\standard70\common

Edit iwr_running.utml and iwr_outputview_header.utml to comment out the &quot;save as&quot; option as follows <!-- save As
-->.

Your code should now look like this:

<!-- Save As -->
<tr><td><a href=&quot;javascript:doCommand('saveas');&quot; onMouseOver = &quot;window.status=''; return true;&quot;><img
src=&quot;<%USER.ThemePath%>/images/icon_saveas.gif&quot; width=&quot;20&quot; height=&quot;20&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;></a></td> <td nowrap valign=&quot;middle&quot;class=&quot;clsCTNormalText&quot;>&nbsp;
<a href=&quot;javascript:doCommand('saveas');&quot;
onMouseOver = &quot;window.status=''; return true;&quot;>Save the report as a new entry</a> </td> </tr> </utml:condition>

<utml:condition test = &quot;not(<%fromrun%> = 'Y')&quot;>