How Can We Achieve External Table Authentication

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I want Know The External Table Authentication By Step By Step
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Hi Friend,
For External table authentication you can follow this link:
http://obieeblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/obiee-security-enforcement-%E2%80%93-external-database-table-authorization/
Thanks
Don

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We have developers using C# to populate global temporary tables (two one header and detail with 1 to many relationbship between these two tables). The process of using C# was blowing up memory on Windows.
As an alternative I requested them to create two CSV files and I can use sqlldr to load the detail CSV file of over 1 million rows under 15 seconds. It came to my mind that I could use external tables for this purpose with getting read of header and trailer from the CSV files.
The issue I have is that I am not a DBA so I do not have access to OS host that Oracle instance is running. sqlldr is a client side tool, whereas external tables are server side. I was wondering if there is an alternative in 11g to use external tables without creating directories on the OS host that Oracle runs on? Are there other alternatives?
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905989 wrote:
Oracle 11.2.0.2
We have developers using C# to populate global temporary tables (two one header and detail with 1 to many relationbship between these two tables). The process of using C# was blowing up memory on Windows.
As an alternative I requested them to create two CSV files and I can use sqlldr to load the detail CSV file of over 1 million rows under 15 seconds. It came to my mind that I could use external tables for this purpose with getting read of header and trailer from the CSV files.
The issue I have is that I am not a DBA so I do not have access to OS host that Oracle instance is running. sqlldr is a client side tool, whereas external tables are server side. I was wondering if there is an alternative in 11g to use external tables without creating directories on the OS host that Oracle runs on? Are there other alternatives?
Thanks
no other alternative

Issue in External Table Authentication and Authorization in OBIEE11G

Hello Gurus,
Can anyone help me how to configure External Table Authentication and Authorization in OBIEE11g through weblogic server not like in 10g style(Through INIT Blocks).
I've followed the (Doc ID 1338007.1) document. But when i'm restart the Managed servers and Admin servers after configuring the SQLAuthenticator all my services are showing down.
I already raised the SR (SR 3-6286054151) on this issue. But still i didn't get any reply from them.
Can anyone help me out on this issue or can anyone me send the document for "how to configure External Table Authentication and Authorization in OBIEE11g" . It's really appreciate for your quick response.
my mail ID [email protected]
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Syam.
Edited by: 942658 on Oct 13, 2012 10:55 AM

Hi John,
Thanks for your quick response.
We configured "ReadOnlySQL Provider" by following the Oracle's white paper(Doc ID 1338007.1) Please find the below steps what we configured in weblogic console.
1. Created the Data Source
2. In the data source specified the Database driver--> *Oracle's Driver Thin for service connections: Versions:9.0.1 and later.
3. Defined the connection Properties .
4. Selected targets as Admin server and bi_server.
Then Activate changes
5. Created new provider by using ReadOnlySQL Authenticator
6. In the provider specific tab we given the SQL statements and saved it.
7. Restarted the Admin and Managed servers.
After restarted the services when we open the Enterprise Manager page all the services are showed as Undefined - means red.
Apart from that we followed your suggested link http://askjohnobiee.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-oid-authentication-with-groups.html
For External table authentication do we need to configure BISQLAuthenticator or ReadOnlySQLAuthenticator ?
If we configure BISQLAuthenticator we just import Groups from database to Console application. Then how can it Authenticated to the User ?
Please let me know your ideas on this.
Thanks,
Syam

Obiee 11g external table authentication

Hi,
I try to create external table authentication but it is not working.
I have created this table
CREATE TABLE OBI_SECURITY_USERS
USER_NAME VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
USER_PASSWORD VARCHAR2(20 BYTE) NOT NULL
and I defined Initialization Block it is below
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where USER_NAME=UPPER(':USER')
and USER_PASSWORD=':PASSWORD'
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I restart services but it is not working.
Anybody help me?

Thanks for your reply Suman.
it is ok I login in answer from my OBI_SECURITY_USERS tables.
I have new problem about user groups.
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I have a security table, which contains userid,displayname,group . I have imported Security table in Physical Layer. I'm creating session variables based on condition.
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Hi fiaz,
That links talks about 10g version.
Step1: We have imported a secutiry table in Physical layer.
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Query related to external table authentication

Hi Gurus,
I am new to OBIEE. When we login to the Oracle Business intelligence, we used to give user as Administrator and password as Administrator.
At this point, can we authentication the userid and password which is stored in external table in a users schema?
~ John

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External table authentication not updating user group changes

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Make sure you check the box for 'Required for authentication' and also 'Use caching' should not check.
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