Business View Row Level Security

Hello,
I would like to create a Row Level Security in Business View. We are using a stored procedure to pull the data from database. We have manager and employee hierarchy. There are two fields such as Manager and Emplyee in the stored proc or when the data is pulled. We want to restrict data at wholesaler if wholesaler is loged on and manager if manager is loged on.
How can we do that? what filter should we apply? how can we pass on manager and wholesaler logon_Id to filter the rows in stored proc?
Does anyone have any answers?

Good luck with this, this was one of my issues.
You can identify the user in Business View by using a seperate table that has the same information as BO XI R2 user name.
CurrentCEUserName is what I am using in Business View so that I can identify what location this user has access to.
And then I am creating an LOV filter on this information.
We are then prompting on this LOV in CR XI R2.
I have heard that it can be done in Stored Procedures but I am not sure what is involved.
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Reports XI: Infoview behavior with Row Level Security

Post Author: pwilliamsbssp
CA Forum: General
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There is a database which is for 3 companies to use it and how to use row level security to make sure that they can only manipluate their own data? For example, "employee" table, for each company they just can see their own employees information. How to use dynamic view to do it?
Many Thanks
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