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    This document discusses automating security in IBM Cognos Transformer. It describes a hospital system with complex security by department stored in a SQL table. While Framework Manager can connect to this table, security is hard to maintain in Transformer. The document presents a solution using VB.NET code to read the SQL database, create user views for each class, and automate updating security without manual maintenance in Transformer. This preserves accurate security across all Cognos tools with no ongoing effort from the BI team.

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    This document discusses automating security in IBM Cognos Transformer. It describes a hospital system with complex security by department stored in a SQL table. While Framework Manager can connect to this table, security is hard to maintain in Transformer. The document presents a solution using VB.NET code to read the SQL database, create user views for each class, and automate updating security without manual maintenance in Transformer. This preserves accurate security across all Cognos tools with no ongoing effort from the BI team.

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    Automating Security in IBM Cognos 8 Transformer

    Evan Ross Principal

    IBM Services Partner


    Expertise

    in the BI platform for more than 12 years


    Cognos BI
    Dashboarding Reporting Analysis Scorecarding

    Data Manager

    Some of our Cognos Clients

    Cognos security
    Great

    Active Directory integration for Framework Manager Functionality added in Transformer 8.3 for Custom Views

    The problem:
    Hospital

    ERP system Complex security by department Security table available in SQL Framework Manager can easily connect to the SQL table Hard to maintain in Transformer

    Security Concerns Timeliness

    Standard hierarchies are easy


    Corporate

    Canada

    USA

    East

    West

    South

    Complex Hierarchies are not!

    Transformer views

    Exclude Not in cube Cloak In totals, not visible Suppress Hide level Summarize Hide lower levels Apex

    Hide upper levels

    The manual method

    What does the user see?


    Two

    options:

    Supress all categories at the lowest level and then unsuppress applicable categories Apex on applicable categories

    What is the difference?


    Division Division Business Business Unit Unit Location Location

    [Text]

    The solution
    Cognos

    8.3 and higher allows for OLE automation of Transformer Model Read SQL database and create User Views for each class Tools needed:

    Transformer Visual Studio free Express version is fine Does NOT need Cognos SDK!

    The next problem Active Directory names!


    Security

    name

    tables uses login

    RossE

    Cognos

    expects full name

    Ross, Evan

    The

    answer link directly to Active Directory

    Connecting to Active Directory


    SQL

    AD

    Server supports linking directly to

    Once connected, its a simple query


    Insert Into L_activedirectory Select Cn, Samaccountname From Openquery(adsi, 'Select Cn, Samaccountname From ''Ldap:// Dc1'' Where Objectclass = ''User'' And Objectcategory = ''Person' Order By Givenname') End

    Process model to update security


    Clear Add
    Deletes all existing user views Reads database Creates new views

    Build cubes from batch file Build Copy and deploy cubes

    VB.NET code what does it do?


    For intX = 1 To dimension.DrillDowns.Item(1). Categories.Count Dim category As Category = dimension.DrillDowns.Item(1).Categories(intX) If category.Name = deptName Then view.SetViewStatus(category,xtrViewStatus.t rViewStatusApexAncestor) End If Next intX

    The end result


    No

    manual maintenance of Transformer security Security preserved in all Cognos tools relational, dimensionally modeled relational (DRM), and cubes No more headaches for BI team!

    Questions?
    Evan

    Ross eross@dstrat.com 416-987-5793

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