As promised in July, we are back with the latest refreshing issue of Oracle
Connect -
- Oracle Newsletter with current topics surrounding Proxy User Functionality of OBIEE,
- Oracle Purchasing and Virtual Private Database (VPD) Concept.
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In this article we are going to see the implementation part of VPD concept in OBIEE. Before understanding the working of VPD, let us see the meaning of this concept:
Virtual private database graciously use the FGAC (fine grain access feature) which was implemented by Oracle 8i.It helps us with Data Level Security on the database side by applying policies. The advantage is that if there are multiple applications accessing data from the database then it is not necessary to implement data level security in all those applications.
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Oracle purchasing application provides the line type feature for clearly differentiating orders for goods, services or outside processing orders. The line type controls the type of various documents like Purchase Orders, Requisitions you create. You can select a default Line Type for these documents. When you create any of these documents, the line type is part of your item information. You can override the line type for each document line.
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In this article, I try to explain the concepts of “Act as Proxy”.
One of the very good features of BI EE is its ability to enable proxy functionality for all/some users.
One good example is, a manager user allowing one of his direct repartees to create reports for him. We shell be using 2 terms here. They are Proxy User and Target User. You can understand what these 2 users mean from the below diagram.
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