As an example, let's consider that there is a requirement from an organization department A that they want to create a folder (CognosRpts) in the Cognos BI Connection window, which is accessible to all organizations but with the limitation that only their department should be able to modify the contents of that folder. Department B should be able to only access and run the reports to view the results of reports. Department C should only be able to access what is available in that folder, and not be able to modify or run the report.
In this scenario, we will first create a few groups or roles in the Cognos namespace under the Security tab. Let's create a folder and name it Test_Folder. We will create the new test folder, role, and group within Test_Folder. Now let's create three groups named Department A, Department B, and Department C. We will add the required users (or groups or roles) to these groups as and when required. Since our requirement was...