Cognos Role Based Capabilites

Capabilities	Readers	Consumers	Analysis Users	Query Users	Express Authors	Authors	System Administrators	Directory Administrators	Server Administrators
Administration							X	X	X
Administration tasks							X		X
Configure and manage the system							X		X
Data Source Connections							X	X
Distribution Lists and Contacts							X	X
Printers							X	X
Query Service Administration							X		X
Run activities and schedules							X
Set capabilities and manage UI profiles							X	X
Styles and portlets							X
Users, Groups, and Roles							X	X
Analysis Studio			X			X	X
Cognos Viewer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Context Menu	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Run with Options		X	X	X	X	X	X
Selection	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Toolbar	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Collaborate		X	X	X	X	X	X
Allow collaboration features		X	X	X	X	X	X
Launch collaboration tools		X	X	X	X	X	X
Data Manager							X
Detailed Errors							X
Drill-Through Assistant							X
Event Studio						X	X
Execute Indexed Search	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Executive Dashboard	X	X	X	X	X	x	X
Use Advanced Dashboard Features
Use Interactive Dashboard Features
External Repositories
Manage repository connections
View external documents
Glossary	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hide Entries	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Import relational metadata
Lineage	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Manage own data source signons							X
Mobile
Query Studio				X		X	X
Advanced				X		X	X
Create				X		X	X
Report Studio					X	X	X
Allow External Data							X
Bursting						X	X
Create/Delete					X	X	X
HTML Items in Report						X	X
User Defined SQL						X	X
Scheduling		X	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by day		X	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by hour		X	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by minute		X	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by month		x	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by trigger		X	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by week		X	X	X	X	X	X
Schedule by year		X	X	X	X	X	X
Scheduling Priority							X
Self Service Package Wizard							X
Set Entry-Specific Capabilities							X	X
Specification Execution							X
Watch Rules		X	X	X	X	X	X