.User profiles contain portal tab and personal folder
content, as well as user preferences such as product language, the
preferred output format of reports, and the style used in the user interface.
The default user profile applies to all new users. You may want
to edit the default user profile for your users .
You can perform the following tasks on user profiles in IBM Cognos 8:
deleting user profiles
copying user profiles
viewing or changing user profiles
Users can change their own preferences. For more information, see Personalize the Portal.
User entries are created in authentication providers. For more information, see Users, Groups, and Roles.
To copy, edit, or delete user profiles, an administrator must
have write permissions for the namespace that contains the applicable
users. The IBM Cognos predefined role, Directory Administrators,
does not have write permissions for namespaces other than the Cognos namespace.
The System Administrators must grant write
permissions to Directory Administrators so
that they can administer user profiles for the namespace .
