How to create Database level Security in OBIEE

Dear Experts,
Can you kindly tell me the steps on how to create a database level security on OBIEE.
Please can some one give me the scripts and tell me how to implement tht in the RPD.
Thanks in advance,
Anand

If you are looking for Database Level security in OBIEE the only route to truly accomplishing this is using the Oracle Virtual Private Database concept.
http://obieeblog.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/obiee-and-virtual-private-database-vpd/
http://gerardnico.com/wiki/dat/obiee/vpd

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http://oraclebizint.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/oracle-bi-ee-1013332-row-level-security-and-row-wise-intialized-session-variables/
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http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1120336
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I can help you for Authentication using BI Server.
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Can you be more specific.
If you are looking for BI Security concept, check this presentation:
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Sandeep Saini wrote:
I checked the inheritance. I did a lot of investigation but it is weird. My purpose of asking the question was to find out if there are any bugs in version 11.1.1.5 otherwise i didn't see any issues.
There are a couple of bugs related to the issue but I have checked that on 11.1.1.5.5 and its works as expected.
Bug 13982971 : PERMISSIONS ON WEB CATALOG OBJECTS NOT APPLIED IMMEDIATELY
In case you see anything like this -> QA:USER WITH NO ACCESS OVER A FOLDER IS ABLE TO RUN ANALYSIS REPORT CONTAINED then [Patch ID 15626966]
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