Analysis Authorization Pre Filtered Values

Hi all Gurus,
I am currently using Analysis Authorization setup and when I run report with no values input in the variable input screen it seems to display ALL the records in the info provider BUT not by what I am able to see based on my authorization defined.
Example:
I am authorized to see Personnel Area = A but when i run the report it hits authorization error and I understand that it is displaying ALL the records.
So my question is is it possible that this filter is automatically for Analysis Authorization handled by the system like how the OLD Authorization handle this?
Thanks

Hello Julie,
It is not necessary to use Hierarchy or customer exit inorder to restrict the access based on company code.
1. First of all make, Company code as authorization relevent in IO settings
2. In RSECADMIN, create one authorization object. It is a good practice to include all SAP Technical objects also. Just click on Inster special characts.
3. For the company code assign required value.
4. Assign this authorization to user in USER tab
5. In the report, If you want to defualt the value of company code, create one authorization relevent variable for company code. You can make this variable as ready for input/Not ready for input.
6. Execute the report.
The user will only get data related to authorized company code.
Regards,
Ravindra

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Hello all,
We upgraded to BW (BI) 7.0 and thus have to use the new analysis authorization concept. While I have the documentation on how to create them and understand the, I'd like to know if there are any experienced users or experts who can assist.
I have Marc Bernand's PowerPoint "An Expert Guide to New SAP BI features" and while they say that there is an "all or nothing rule" for viewing the query results, with the exception being for key figures and hierarchies, in the presentation (pg 21), it outlines that specific sales orgs can be assigned to the analysis auth (authorizing characteristic values) - this appears to contradict the 'all or nothing' rule if more than these sales orgs are in the query result.
However, when I tested something similar in our dev environment for company code, if a specific company code is listed in the analysis auth (for the applicable characteristic), when I execute the report, I get a "you are not authorized", which is consistent with the new concept.
My main question is that in order to restrict on specific company codes, plants, etc, are the choices to either use a hierarchy or a customer exit? Restricting it by assigning the values for the characteristic won't work. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Hello Julie,
It is not necessary to use Hierarchy or customer exit inorder to restrict the access based on company code.
1. First of all make, Company code as authorization relevent in IO settings
2. In RSECADMIN, create one authorization object. It is a good practice to include all SAP Technical objects also. Just click on Inster special characts.
3. For the company code assign required value.
4. Assign this authorization to user in USER tab
5. In the report, If you want to defualt the value of company code, create one authorization relevent variable for company code. You can make this variable as ready for input/Not ready for input.
6. Execute the report.
The user will only get data related to authorized company code.
Regards,
Ravindra

Table for Analysis authorization along with values for authorization fields

Hi,
I am looking for table that contains the Analysis Authorization name along with values for all the authorization fields within this Analysis Authorization. Individually i can go to PFCG or Rsecadmin but since i need all the Analysis auth objects, i need to get this info into excel, so need a table.

Hi Prashanth
You can check RSECVAL that is appropriate for your requirement please let us know if any further help is needed.
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Analysis Authorization (Role, Profile and Direct Assignments)

Analysis Authorization Question:
1) In BW 3.x environment, customers have used Role Maintenance Process to assign proper object level security and then assign to the users.
2) Most of the places R/3 security team takes over support/administration function of BI Security and they continue to use Role method to assign Reporting Authorizations as per the process defined in BW 3.x system.
3) Customer sometime have 100 + Roles to have 3.X Reporting Authorizations. This is Managed, assigned, approved using role concept.

Migration Options:
1) New Analysis Authorization makes process of Role Maintenance like "hierarchy authorizations" of BW 3.x. You have to create Value in other transactions and assign them in Role as a pointer or link object. With Analysis Authorization concept, Actual value of the Object Assigned Like Company code 1100 not visible in Role Maintenance PFCG transactions. It is only visible in Transaction code RSECADMIN.
2) Analysis Migration Tool - RSEC_MIGRATION does not update ROLES. It creates or changes PROFILES.
3) Profiles are assigned to the users and Roles does not reflect any Impact by Analysis Authorization migration.
Questions
a) This means customer need to update all the roles by hand. If they want to use Roles to manage the assignment of the Security to users. Migration Tool does not update Roles, it only updates PROFILES.
b) Does any one use direct assignment to Users? It is good business practice?
c) Is Profiles recommended method of Authorization Maintenance?
d) Can we run migration tool to create Analysis Authorizations, but not assign to the users as a Profile. But stop at creating Analysis Authorizations. If Customer wants to use Roles maintenance process then, they can do not have delete profile assignments from all users before updating Roles using Analysis Authorizations.
Just want to check how other folks have done migration that can be supported going forward.
Pankaj Gupta

Hey Pankaj,
In general, assigning the analysis authorization directly to user makes a lot of sense for granular levels of authorization. For example, if you had 3,000 users, 3,000 specific authorization combinations, and 3,000 roles, using roles is a lot of additional overhead. If you had 12 roles and 3,000 users, your role concept makes a lot of sense.
Therefore, the recommendation is that it varies on what makes the most sense logically. Authorization groups can be created to group analysis authorizations and combine them. Also, you have the ability to generate analysis authorizations using the Content Datastores for this. That is an option as well.
RSEC_MIGRATION does use profiles as you've stated. If you want, there would be manual work to convert to roles afterwards. In case you haven't seen Marc's presentation on security, it's pretty good and covers how to generate authorizations from the datastore.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/media/uuid/ac7d7c27-0a01-0010-d5a9-9cb9ddcb6bce

Analysis Authorizations.

Hello All,
We have a scenario where the value will be ex: ABC*D for analysis authorization.
This value will be populated to a variable through costomer exit.
But when the value is populated as A* or AB* or ABC* or ABCD* it is working fine.
If I use multiple * in a single value like ex: ABC* it is not working and giving the below error.
When the query is executed it is displaying No Authorization.
Please provide your inputs if somebody had already faced this issue.
Thanks for inputs.

Hi,
This is the design of the system.
It is described in OSS note :
1053989 Intervals and Patterns [(*),(+)] in Analysis Authorizations
The required format for normal characteristics is the following:
- Single value: I EQ A (characteristic value =A),
- Interval : I BT A B (A <= characteristic value<= B)
- Pattern : I CP A* and I CP A+ (pattern with exactly one
 wildcard (*) or exactly one plus character after A).
- Aggregation authorization :
 Colon character (:). Permits an aggregation on the characteristic.
 Written as single value I EQ :
 Patterns
Only patterns with exactly one ending + (wild card for a single
character) or * (pattern for arbitrarily many charactersy) are allowed.
For example : entering A*A is not possible.
Regards,
Patricia

Table that stores Analysis authorization values

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Chetan,
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Web Intelligence Report + BI 7.0 Analysis Authorizations

Hello Experts,
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BW Analysis authorization have been set up for this cube in such way that the user should have access only to data containing one of the two values of Company Code (lets say for example that the user can access value "A").
It seems to be working fine when testing them via a BEx Query or via rsecadmin (rsrt with detailed analysis authorization logs). When the test user tries to view the full contents of the specific cube gets an "access denied" message (this is normal), whereas if the user runs a report with a filter "A" on Company Code the report returns the results as it should have. So far so good.
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Any ideas?
Best regards
Giorgos

Hi,
has the Universe been created on the cube level or on the query level ?
In case it is on the cube level it will fail because :
Analysis authorizations are not based on authorization objects. Instead, you create authorizations that include a group of characteristics. You restrict the values for these characteristics.
The authorizations can include any authorization-relevant characteristics, and treat single values, intervals, and hierarchy authorizations in the same way. Navigation attributes can also be flagged as authorization-relevant in the attribute maintenance for characteristics and can be added to authorizations as separate characteristics.
You can then assign this authorization to one or more users.
All characteristics flagged as authorization-relevant are checked when a query is executed.
*A query always selects a set of data from the database. If authorization-relevant characteristics are part of this data, you have to make sure that the user who is executing the query has sufficient authorization for the complete selection. Otherwise, an error message is displayed indicating that the authorization is not sufficient. In principle, the authorizations do not work as filters. Very restricted exceptions to this rule are hierarchies in the drilldown and variables that are filled depending on authorizations. Hierarchies are mostly restricted to the authorized nodes, and variables that are filled depending on authorizations act like filters for the authorized values for the particular characteristic*
Ingo

[BO over SAP BW] Web Intelligence Report + BI 7.0 Analysis Authorizations

Hello Experts,
I have created a report on a universe based in a SAP BW InfoCube that contains an authorization relevant InfoObject (Company Code).
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For testing use within Web Intelligence, I have created the following Single Sign On (SSO) universes: a)directly on the cube, b)via a "select all" query and finally c)via a filtered query (filtering the exact allowed values of analysis authorization of the test user). All of the above have unfortunately the exact same issues:
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I have tried several settings on the universe (like filter working on LoV as well) but none helped.
If we replace the user's analysis authorizations with full access on company code (values "A" and "B") the query runs as it should have.
Any ideas?
Best regards
Giorgos

Hi,
has the Universe been created on the cube level or on the query level ?
In case it is on the cube level it will fail because :
Analysis authorizations are not based on authorization objects. Instead, you create authorizations that include a group of characteristics. You restrict the values for these characteristics.
The authorizations can include any authorization-relevant characteristics, and treat single values, intervals, and hierarchy authorizations in the same way. Navigation attributes can also be flagged as authorization-relevant in the attribute maintenance for characteristics and can be added to authorizations as separate characteristics.
You can then assign this authorization to one or more users.
All characteristics flagged as authorization-relevant are checked when a query is executed.
*A query always selects a set of data from the database. If authorization-relevant characteristics are part of this data, you have to make sure that the user who is executing the query has sufficient authorization for the complete selection. Otherwise, an error message is displayed indicating that the authorization is not sufficient. In principle, the authorizations do not work as filters. Very restricted exceptions to this rule are hierarchies in the drilldown and variables that are filled depending on authorizations. Hierarchies are mostly restricted to the authorized nodes, and variables that are filled depending on authorizations act like filters for the authorized values for the particular characteristic*
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Analysis Authorization and relates issue

Hello all,
I am in the midst of designing authorizations using RSECADMIN transaction.
We have a set of 50 different queries.
In our cube, there are 5 different characteristics, which are authorization relevent.
So, in RSECADMIN, i have created one analysis auth role, included all special and authorization relevent characteristics and maintained the appropriate values.
But when i execute the queries,the desired output is not coming.
- Do i need to create authorization varaibles and included in all my queries ?
- Without including the auth.variabes in queries, is there any other way to restrict the users ?
I though, by assigning the parameters in RSECADMIN, the query will automatically filter the data.
Can you pls help ?
We are on SP19.

Hi,
First of all, The query is always based on a InfoCube. Now, you have 50 different Queries which is based on this InfoCube if I am not wrong as you are not getting any authorization error.
For a query to run, the user should have access to 1. Query, 2. Infocube and 3. Data(All Auth Relevant + 4 Special Objects)
Authorization relevant objects are for an InfoCube which means that these objects are important or key fields for the infocube.
You say that in your case, you have 5 Auth relevant objects which means they are important. But please note that there are more infoObjects in that InfoCube.
Now, when you go to the query design, you can restrict on any object in the InfoCube but it makes more sense that you do it on one of those authorization relevant objects as you have to specify that in the Analysis Authorization where the system can pick up the data easily and give the output.
Again, on the query design, if you have designed the query with processing type "Authorization", then it would automatically pick up (What you mentioned as automatic filtering) the value from the Analysis Authorization which is contained in the user's role for that query which otherwise gives a wide variety of options to chose from where the user has to choose the correct one.
To get the desired output, all the correct variables should be included in the query and user should have access to all the three mentioned above.
May be this gives a clear picture.
Regards,
Prasanna
Edited by: Prasanna Nagaraja on Sep 11, 2009 11:40 PM

BI 7.0 Analysis authorization creation issue

Hi,
We are prototyping the new analysis authorization concept have a question regarding the build.
We've had the BI execute the pre-implementation tasks (activate the business related content and OTCT* and OTCTA* infocbues and and OCTA* infoCubes).
There aren't any custom reporting objects to carry over since the queries were previously just secured by the S_RS_ICUBE Administrator Workbench - InfoCube with specific values for the Infocube. Since this object is no longer checked in query processing, is it a correct statement that the characteristic 0TCAIPROV (InfoProvider) should be populated with whatever values were listed in the S_RS_ICUBE object for the InfoCube field?
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Is it correct assume that all the characteristics that were checked in the trace are authorization relevant for the query? we added the characteristics with full authorization and still couldn't execute. In addition, when checking these characteristics via RSD1, they weren't makred as authorization relevant, yet they still appeared in the trace.
Is there something else that is misisng in the analysis authorization? I checked the characterics for variables and none were defined.
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Hi Julie,
0TCAIPROV should have values of infoprovidors ( infocubes) that you want the user to have access. If you dont want to restrict it by infoprovidors then you can give a ' * ' for 0TCAIPROV CP value ' * '.
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Thanks,
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Complex analysis authorizations.

Hi all,
I'm trying to model analysis authorizations given the following parameters:
1 infoprovider (basic InfoCube)
2 queries (TOPLEVEL & DRILLDOWN) to be accessed via a Portal
3 Portal roles based on CC range restrictions (A&C but not B, B&C but not A & AB&C)
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The DRILDOWN receiver query displays Assets filtered by Comp Code, Fiscal Year, Asset Class and the CC Hierarchy, but it needs to restrict access to certain CC ranges based on the roles outlined above.
Is this possible in NW2004s? If so can anyone point me towards a solution?
Many thanks,
M

Hi Nitesh,
From what you describe, this would be a good case to use variables in your analysis authorisations. You can specify a variable value for the BUKRS field and have a couple of options to populate the values which are picked up in the query execution.
You will need to ensure that you activate the istep to read customer exit variables and have the query variable set as customer-exit. Once those are complete, you can create a custom table to maintain the mapping of groups to company codes, or to read the company codes directly from your ERP system (if you want to base authorisations on what the users can see in ERP) and populate the table with those values.
However you populate the value to the variable, I think this approach will get you closer to minimal maintenance going forward. Enhancement RSR00001 should be implemented, some help documentation for this below
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/1d/ca10d858c2e949ba4a152c44f8128a/content.htm
Hope this helps,
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System BW 7.3, Currently there are 80 odd analysis authorization objects
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Added this object to the user in addition to its already existing authorization objects. Created authorization variable in BEx.
Some how the authorization is not picked up and it gives us all the values in the report. But if I add the GL Account info object to the existing analysis authorization objects then it works fine.
I do not want to change all the existing analysis authorization objects to add GL Account.
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Gajesh- I have added the new analysis authorization object to the user in RSECadmin.
Subhendu- Problem statement: What are the steps involved in making a new info object(GL Account) authorization relevant. Authorizations are given at hierarchy level. Can we create a new analysis authorization with GL Account only or do we have to add it to every existing analysis authorization
I have done the following steps
1. Made the GL Account object authorization relevant in RSA1,
2. Created 2 new analysis authorization objects with GL Account ( with hierarchy restrictions) and TCT objects and one with GL Account open access.
3. Added this object ( which has restrictions) to the user in RSECADMIN, in addition to its already existing authorization objects.
4. Created authorization variable in BEx.
5. No existing analysis authorization objects have been changed.
When I test the report, It does not restrict based on the hierarchy that I have given, it gives open access.
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Analysis Authorization Issue

Hi:
I created an analysis authorization ZCO_CODE to trstrict it by a company code.
I added following objects in authorization with values.
0COMP_CODE = 1000
0TCAACTVT = 03
0TCAIFAREA = *
0TCAIPROV = *
0TCAVALID = *
Then I created a role Z:00:BW_REPORT, where I added following authorization objects S_RS_AUTH and restricted it by value ZCO_CODE. Then I assigned this role to a user test01.
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Help will be appreciated.

Hi Sachin:
Okay here is my issue.
I have a Reporting authorization Object created earlier which is ZCOCODE. I though I'll have to create a new Analysis authorization object e.g. ZCO_CODE and then restrict it with other chars. as mentioned in Marc Bernards presentation and then you have to migrate it.
In selection list I can see old Reporting authorization object. If I select it and use option "Enhance existing profile" then It will update profile and not role? right....
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Hello BIW security experts
I have a problem where I created an analysis authorization on a cost center range and it looks like the interval is not working. The report is just a list of cost centers (demo to users to prove that analysis authorizations work in order to skip 2 managerial cost centers.
. Cost centers are numeric. Example: 2000100. In the drop down list they appear as such.
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. In the analysis authorization I have put the 3 ranges above on 3 separate lines. 'BT' is the operator. The cost centers have been selected from the drop down list.
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. I tried putting ' ' delimiters since cost center is a char field but it fails.
. I tried adding leading and trailing zeros to fill up the char(10) but no luck.
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I do not know what else to try..
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YB.

Good morning
Here it is from RSECVAL
ZCC_TEST     0COSTCENTER                    I       BT        1000000                                                      1000771
ZCC_TEST     0COSTCENTER                    I       BT        1000773                                                      2000771
ZCC_TEST     0COSTCENTER                    I       BT        2000773                                                      9999999
ZCC_TEST     0COSTCENTER                    I       EQ        #
ZCC_TEST     0COSTCENTER                    I       EQ        :
ZCC_TEST     0INFOPROV                         I       CP        *
ZCC_TEST     0TCAACTVT                        I       EQ        03
ZCC_TEST     0TCAIPROV                         I       CP        *
ZCC_TEST     0TCAKYFNM                       I       CP        *
Thank you for your help.

BW Analysis authorization issue... need help urgently....

We have one BW query which is pulling data from Contract Division info-object. Now this report does not variable selection object so it is pulling data from all values of Contract Division. Values of Contract Division are CNC, CNS, CNE and CNL.
Now we have created an analysis auth. object called z_es_3 and added Contract division info-object. Now we have added that z_es_3 into role and given value to CNS. now when we are running report, we are getting No Authorization error. When we are giving * value in z_es_3, it is running fine.
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Are you running unrestricted search on Contract division in your queries? You should restrict it to value which is maintained in the authorization for the InfoObject.
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