BI and EP 7.0 display just folder tree authorized

Question

Hi Gurus,
I need advise about the best way to deploy BI report in Portal in regard of our requirement:
I explain:
We have 3 roles in BI :
- Sales
- Production
- Purchase.
In roles we have reports and query.
We want display Bi application in portal like this tree:
One Tab : Bi SAP (level 1)
Under Tab, folder or workset Sales Production Purchase(level 2)
and after the reports (level 3)
Bi SAp
Sales | Production | Purchase
We want that user see just area authorized:
Example: User authorized to see Sales area see under tab BI sap just Sales
Bi SAp
Sales
2nd Example: User authorized to see Purchase and Production area see under tab BI SAp :
Bi SAp
|Production | Purchase
How can we do that ?
A contractor say that we must create same number of BI SAp Tab (tree) that combination exist:
For example we must create one tree BI SAp for each combination:
Sales
Sales Purchase
Sales Production
Sales Production Purchase
Production
Production Purchase
Purchase
We need create 7 trees of Tab, Folder, Workset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And if a new area come..........well....
I try to search thread about that but i don't found.
Sorry by advance if the thread exist.
Regards
Edited by: Cedric Marfil on Apr 16, 2009 5:28 PM

Answer 1

You can use the concept of role merging to achieve this. You will have four different roles as follows.
BI SAP Role No Content assigned.
       Properties for Role: Can Be Merged: Yes
                                    Merge ID: 10
                                    Merge Priority: 1
Sales Role
|_Sales Folder
      |_Sales iViews
       Properties for Role: Can Be Merged: Yes
                                    Merge ID: 10
                                    Merge Priority: 2
Production Role
|_Production Folder
      |_Production iViews
       Properties for Role: Can Be Merged: Yes
                                    Merge ID: 10
                                    Merge Priority: 3
Purchase Role
|_Purchase Folder
      |_Purchase iViews
       Properties for Role: Can Be Merged: Yes
                                    Merge ID: 10
                                    Merge Priority: 4
Regards
Firasath