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#sq($account.parameters.ResourceId)# not available in Cognos

Symptoms

Reports that access #sq($account.parameters.ResourceId)# to filter on the current resourceid result in an error:

Conversion failed when converting from a character string to a unique indentifier.

The value #sq($account.parameters.ResourceId)# in a test report is empty.

 


Reason

This problem is related the authentication settings in Cognos. Please launch the IBM Cognos configuration console (cogconfigw.exe) and edit the setting:

Local Configuration/ Security / Authentication / Cognos / Allow anonymous access?

Please set it to:

False