Authorization in Web reports

Hi ,
I amfacing a authorization problem when executing the query in web.plz consider the senario below
there are 2 seperate roles ,one for web and other for bex version
we are having an authorization object for one characteristics. We are restricting this with auth variable in the query.I have created a particular role wih restriction on certain values on authorization obj.If I am executing the web version with this role alone then i am get an authorization error.If I am executing the web with * auuth for the auth obj then it is getting executed without auth error.
Can some body help me and explain how authorizatio works in case of web reports.There is also a precalculation job scheduled

Hi,
Sorry for the confusion in the earlier mail.plz read the below mail
My requirement is to have user specific precalculation of webtempletes.ie different users should see values for which they are authorized to when they login with their id in Web.(after precalculation job is executed)
I checked precalculate user -specificaly flag in the reporting agent setting and executed the precalculation job. But when I logon with any id added in the reporting agent setting it is showing the " Requested document not found".
Can somebody help me in solving this ? Thanks

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>> Correct you need to setup you OLAP Connection with SSO.
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We have a scenario wherein we have implemented Analysis Authorizations (Hierarchy) on Organizational Unit info object (0ORGUNIT) and need to report on BOBJ WEBI. Our scenario is as following
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Insert title here</title>
</head>
<body>
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Step III:
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Trusted Authentication:
Trusted Authentication is a component of Enterprise authentication that integrates with third-party single sign-on solutions, including Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS). Applications
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<head>
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Hi Ingo,
All the authorizations for crystal report to fetch data is in place, and crystal report refresh and schedule runs success fully. The issue is only in Web Intelligence.
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As it is said earlier, SAP secuirty guy doesnt find any missing authorizations. It is very difficult to say which authorization is missing.
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Seriously looking for the help, please help with the solution for below scenario.
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-     The user that is synchronized from BW has been added to the Administrator group in BO
-     The OLAP connection is set to SSO so that the authorization in the BW system is used.
It is really strange that we are not able to use on of our multi providers in BW in WebI. As you say, we just need to try debugging with changing the authorization concept, changing the OLAP connection setup and so on to see if that helpsu2026
Kind regards
Erik

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