Restricting searches of IBM Cognos content
To avoid system degradation caused by unrestricted searches of large Content Manager data stores, administrators can restrict search activity so that only index search is available to users.
About this task
In the IBM® Cognos® portal, the following search options are available by default: Name field, Description field, Name or description field and Full text and all fields. The Full text and all fields option requires a search index that is created by the administrator and which can be used to refine the search. For more information, see Refine the Scope of the Index.
To restrict search so that only the Full text and all fields option is available in the portal, you must set the portal.disablecmsearch advanced setting to true.
The ability to leverage the enhanced search (index search) is restricted by the Execute Indexed Search capability. Users with the Execute Indexed Search capability can perform enhanced search functions. Users without the Execute Indexed Search capability can perform only basic search functions. Enhanced index search is available by default.
Procedure
- In Cognos Administration, on the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
- Click a dispatcher and for the PresentationService, click Set properties.
- On the Settings tab, for the Environment category, Advanced settings, click Edit.
- Click the Override the settings acquired from the parent entry.
- In the Parameter column type portal.disablecmsearch and in the Value column type true.
- Click OK.