Managing reports data and user access

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This topic provides an overview of tasks related to managing reports data and user access to reports.

In addition to administering report communications, the reports data warehouse, and sites for the reporting environment of your organization, you also need to manage the reports data and user access to reports. For information about these tasks, see the following documentation (IBM Cognos documentation is available from the Help menu; for instructions on accessing it, see Cognos documentation).

For information about	See
Managing report access permissions, including read, write, execute, set policy, and traverse Note: Access to reports functions and features, such as Query Studio or Report Studio, are controlled via RBAC roles in BMC Server Automation (see Managing access).	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide
Managing changes to the reports package, such as namespace changes or package name changes	IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide
Importing or exporting report definitions to or from files Exporting reports Importing or exporting report content or packages to or from files	IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Administration and Security Guide

To export reports

You can export reports using the export capability available in Content Administration in IBM Cognos Administration (see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Administration and Security Guide for details).
If you are exporting reports as part of the system backup, when the report export is complete, ensure that you back up the exported file.

Managing reports data and user access

To export reports

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