How to make Custom Discoverer workbook use Custom Security profile of Apps

Question

We use Discoverer in Oracle Apps setup. We have added Custom security in our HR People Form of Apps.
This Custom Security restricts one HR Emplpoyee not view other HR employee record except for himself/herself. Also maintining that they should be able to view all other employee's records.
The following code was put under the Security Profile Form -- > Custom Security Tab
exists (select 1
from per_jobs b
where ASSIGNMENT.job_id = b.job_id
and (b.name not like '%HR%')
and (b.name not like '%Human%')
and ASSIGNMENT.assignment_number is not null
union
select 1
from fnd_user fu
where fu.user_name = fnd_global.user_name
and fu.employee_id = PERSON.person_id
and ASSIGNMENT.assignment_number is not null)
Above security profile works fine for HR People Form.
However, It does not work for our Discoverer Workbooks. I found a note on Metalink 422841.1 which talks about leveraging the Custom Security of Apps in Discoverer Report. I read it, but did not get much clue.
Can Anyone help.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
If you want to use custom HR security with Discoverer you have to ensure that the correct security filters are applied when the Discoverer reports are run. These filters can use the supplied HR_SECURITY package or you can develop your own conditions using table lookups or functions. To get the filters applied to your reports you have a number of options:
1. Build the security into custom folders using additional conditions
2. Use custom database views in Discoverer and build the security into the views
3. Use mandatory conditions in you Discoverer folders using either a function call or database contexts set at login time
4. Use VPD (Virtual Private Database)
I am not sure which of these options you are using to implement your HR security in Discoverer. The last option, VPD, is the most flexible and can give the best performance but maybe it is more complex to set up.
Rod West