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Configuring Reports Server
Services, which relies on security features available through OracleAS Portal (included
with Oracle Application Server), or develop your own implementation through the
Reports Server Security API.
Security attributes are described in Table 3–5.
You also have the option of entering multiple properties under the security element.
The only requirement is that they be name/value pairs recognized by the Java class
that implements Reports Server security. For example, if you use the default security
Java class that is provided with OracleAS Reports Services, your security
configuration entry might look like this:
In this example, the oidEntity property illustrates the configuration for 10g (9.0.4)
and later. The value of oidEntity is set by the Installer upon installation. Reports
Server uses this entity to connect to the Oracle Internet Directory. Components of the
Oracle Application Server can all connect to the Oracle Internet Directory, but each
component may have different privileges in the directory. Hence, each component
needs to identify itself via its own entity name to the Oracle Internet Directory when it
connects. The OracleAS Reports Services entity is of the following format:
reportsApp_hostname_GUID
For example:
Note: Look for information about Oracle Reports APIs on the
Oracle Technology Network, (http://otn.oracle.com).
Table 3–5 Attributes of the security element
Attribute Valid values Description
id string A keyword, unique within a given
configuration XML file, that identifies a
particular security element. This can be a text
string or a number, for example:
id="rwSec"
class see the Description
column
Default:
oracle.reports.server.RWSecurity
A fully qualified Java class that implements
Reports Server Security Java interface
(oracle.reports.server.Security). The
default relies on security features available
through OracleAS Portal (included with Oracle
Application Server).
reportsApp_testhost.mydomain.com_BBEFDCDAC2343600E0340800020C7BBCC
The commented out property, securityUserid, illustrates the old method of
specifying security. securityUserid provides the connection information to enable
the Reports Server access to OracleAS Portal security features. The property attributes
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