Security, Selected Reports for certain users

rbuser

We are using Rb for several years, but always the classic version. I created
my own WebVersion (With XtraDevices).

I'm evaluating the server version. Great but ....

How could I implement a security that certain reports would only be
available to certain users with the report explorer ?


Kind Regards

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Harry Leboeuf
Email Inversed moc.silopenik@fueobelh (For Spam-Reason)
Visit us at http://www.kinepolis.com

nardmoseley

This capability was added for ReportBuilder Server 7.02.

Check out the custom parameter demos. Each demo contains a ReadMe.doc
and commented code. The demos work together:

RBServer\Demos\Clients\Custom Parameters
RBServer\Demos\Servers\Custom Parameters
RBServer\Demos\Web Tier\Custom Parameters

Below is an article with an over view of the architecture....


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Article: Overview of Custom Parameters Architecture
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I. SessionParameters
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1. Each time a client communicates with the server, the client must send
the session id.

2. Each time the server receives a client request, it authenticates the
request. These are the possible cases:

a. No session id specified or invalid session id specified
Validate the session parameters passed from the client. If valid, then
start a new session and generate a new session id. The session id will
passed back to the client.

b. Existing session, no session parameters specified or same session
parameters specified.
Use the session parameters for the existing session.

c. Existing session, new session parameters specified.
Validate the new session parameters.

3. The SessionParameters are always passed to the custom parameters
related events.

a. For the TrsServer events such as OnValidateSessionParameters, the
session parameters are passed in the "aParameters" parameter.

b. For the TrsReportVolume events, there is an "aEventParams" parameter
that contains a SessionParameters property (i.e.
aEventParams.SessionParameters). Note that the aEventParams object
contains a different set of properties depending upon the report volume
event. The specific properties are documented in the online help


II. ReportParameters
--------------------

ReportParameters are only relevant to a request for a specific report.
The relevant ReportVolumeEvents that are provided are:
OnGetReportParameters, OnValidateReportParameters, and
BeforePublishReport. Each of these events passes an "aEventParams"
object to the event-handler that contains the SessionParameters,
ReportParameters, and other information. Again, note that the
aEventParams object contains a different set of properties depending
upon the report volume event. The specific properties are documented in
the online help.

The ReportParameters passed from the client are automatically assigned
to the TppReport.Parameters property. In the server custom parameters
demo, the ReportTemplateVolume.BeforePublishReport event is implemented
to add the session parameters to the TppReport.Parameters.