Configuring multitenancy
The values for the multitenancy properties are different for each environment and depend on how you map the tenancy information to individual users in your environment.
Before you configure multitenancy in IBM Cognos Configuration, you must decide how to map the user account in your authentication provider to the tenant. You can use for this purpose the position of a user within the hierarchy in your authentication provider or the user account properties in your authentication provider. You can also implement a custom tenant provider. For the last option, you must use the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit. Choosing the best implementation method for your environment requires careful planning and knowledge of your authentication provider.
Depending on how you decide to map the user account to the tenant, choose one of the following methods to configure multitenency.
- Configuring multitenancy that is based on a hierarchy node
- Configuring multitenancy that is based on a user account attribute
- Configuring multitenancy that is based on a custom tenant provider
You can configure multitenancy globally, at the Authentication level in IBM Cognos Configuration, or for specific namespaces. Multitenancy properties for a specific namespace override any multitenancy properties that are set globally.