Copying user profiles

You may want to copy a user profile.

Copying a user profile is useful in the following situations:

  • A user changes names and you are setting up an account in the new name.
  • A user moves to another namespace or your organization changes namespaces and you must set up new accounts.
  • You are creating many new similar user accounts.

If you plan to delete the source user in your authentication provider, copy the user account information before you delete it. After you delete the user, the user no longer appears in IBM® Cognos® software and you cannot copy the user's account information.

You can only work with profiles of users who have logged in at least once. When users log on, a date is displayed in the Modified column and the user name changes into a link.

Before you begin

To copy user profiles, you must have write permissions for the namespaces for both the source and target users.

Tip: When you copy a user profile, trusted credentials are not copied.

Procedure

  1. In IBM Cognos Administration, on the Security tab, click Users, Groups, and Roles.
  2. Click the namespace that contains the source user (the user you want to copy from).
    Tip: You can select only the namespaces that you have write access to.
  3. Find the source user. You can use the Search feature to find a user Searching for entries using name, description, and name or description.
  4. In the Actions column for the source user, click More.
  5. In the Perform an action page, click Copy this user's profile.
  6. In the Copy the user profile page, click Select the target user and navigate to find the target user.
  7. After you have selected the target user, in the Copy the user profile page, select one or more of the following profile settings that you want to copy: Preferences, Portal tabs and personal folders content, or Personal folders content.
  8. If required, select the Delete the source user's profile after the copy completes check box.
  9. Click Copy.
Parent topic: Managing User Profiles