You may be prompted for your data source credentials when you perform the following actions:
view, run, or open an entry (seeReports and Cubes)
use a schedule or a job (seeSchedule Management)
You can save your data source credentials so that you are not prompted for them every time. You can also view and delete your data source credentials.
If you are a user, your administrator must give you execute permissions for the Manage own data source signons capability and traverse permissions for its ancestors. You must also have read and traverse permissions on your account. You can then save credentials to your personal profile, as long as you do not have access to any predefined signons for the data source. You are not prompted for your credentials if you have permission to access an existing data source credential and you have saved the personal credential in your profile. You can view and delete your data source credentials from the My Preferences page.
To view another user’s credentials, you must have read and traverse permissions on the user’s account. To remove data source credentials, you must have read, write, and transverse permissions on the user’s account.
When you are prompted to enter your data source credentials, enter your user ID and password.
Select the Remember my user ID and password when connecting to this data source check box.
Click OK.
The next time you perform an action that requires those data source credentials, you are not prompted for them unless they have been removed or deleted, or have expired.
In IBM® Cognos® Connection, in the upper-right corner, click My Area Options, My Preferences.
Click the Personal tab.
Your data source credentials are listed under Data source credentials. You can sort the list by Data Source Name or Data Source Connection Name.
To remove a data source credential, select the check box for it, then click Remove.