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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Cognos Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 6, 2018

right management for data module source searching

When searching for a possible source for the creation of a data module, the results lists displays data modules, packs and data sets.
If my profile grants me read rights on a data module but not on the repository where the data module is hosted, the data module appears in the results lists.
After selecting the concerned data module, I have an error linked to the fact that the linked data cannot be loaded, which is normal since I do not have access to the repository.

To enable a proper right management, the search engine for data module sources shall take into account the access rights for the whole repository access path and not only the access rights of the final element.

repository_rights.png shows that user john doe does not have the rights for the repository.

data_module_rights.png shows that user john doe has the rights for the data module.

data_module_source_search.png shows that the data module appears in the search even if the user does not have access to the repository.