Analysis Authorizations Issue (BI 7.0)

[Former Member]

Dear Colleagues,

I have a question regarding BI 7.0 Authorizations. What happens when a cube is created from an Infoprovider in which Company Code (to use an example) is marked as authorizations relevant, but that infobject is not used. That is, the cube gets data from that Infoprovider, but the data retrieved has nothing to do with Company Code. When a query is created from this cube, will the user be required to have authorizations for the company code of the information he's retrieving or will she/he be able to see all the information?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards,

CMPT

[Former Member]

Hi,

if the query don't use the Company code object you don't have to maintain Authorization.

No authorization variable in the query = no authorization check.

You have only to maintain the right too acess to this cube.

The authorization relevance is set only for the cube wher the IO is used.

Hope it helps

[Former Member]

Hello,

I think I understand your question?

If you have characteristic company code marked as authorization relevant...

You have two basic info cubes, one with company code A and one without company code B.

You have a multi cube combining characteristics from both basic cubes (including company code).

If you execute a query written against the multi cube but extracts data only from basic cube B (without company code), will you need to have an analysis authorization with company code defined?

If this is your question, then Yes, you do need to define company code in the authorization (assigning value # should be sufficient).

KR

Andy