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Oracle Fusion Technical: Reports, Data, Integrations and Extensions · Module 4 · BI Publisher: data models, templates and bursting

Security in BI Publisher

Lesson 40 of 177 · 2 min

Three questions, and a reviewer will ask all three. WHO CAN RUN IT? A BI Publisher report is protected by the roles granted on its folder and on the report itself. The default in a hurry is to leave it wherever it was built, which is usually a folder half the organisation can reach. WHO CAN EDIT IT? Editing rights are separate from running rights, and they matter more: somebody who can edit the data model can change what the query returns for everybody, including changing a filter that was the only thing restricting the rows. AND DOES THE QUERY RESPECT THE DATA SECURITY THE REST OF FUSION ENFORCES? This is the one people miss, and Module 2 covered it: your own SQL does not necessarily apply the ledger and business unit gates the UI applies. A report can legitimately show everything — a statutory return must — and it

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In this module: Module 4 · BI Publisher: data models, templates and bursting

  1. 1What a data model actually isFree preview
  2. 2SQL data sets: writing the query
  3. 3Parameters and lists of values
  4. 4Bursting: one run, many recipients
  5. 5RTF templates: the practical subset
  6. 6Excel and eText templates
  7. 7Sub-templates and reuse
  8. 8Layout, pagination and the printed page
  9. 9Localisation: Arabic, dates and numbers
  10. 10Performance: making a slow report fast
  11. 11Security in BI Publisher
  12. 12Scheduling and delivery
  13. 13What breaks: five BI Publisher failures
  14. 14Lab briefing · A supplier statement, end to end