Information Regarding Essbase Security Except Filter Level and User Level

Question

I have an requirement to implement data level security in Essbase. For ex: A user can only see those data which are from Asia region or an user will be able to see those data which are from America.
Asia and America are defined in my location dimension.
can any one explain about it without using user Level Security and Filter level security.
Please tell me how to do it?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Sandeep's reference the DBAG and the section on filters is the right direction. The filter is created in EAS.
Let's use an example.
You create a METAREAD filter (that is, it filters both data and dimensionality) that gives a user limited access to the Location dimension (I think I have that right), e.g., the British Isles, the UK and Ireland. You can also create a READ filter but it only limits data and, in my opinion at least, causes confusion because users can see metadata (the whole world) but only see data for the British Isles.
NB -- filters can be assigned to individual usernames or to groups that users are members of. For a POC, I'd keep it simple and just assign it to a username, but it's your choice.
Assign the filter to the user in Shared Services.
Try connecting to the database in Excel through the Classic Add-In or SmartView to test what the user sees -- it should be: Total Location, British Isles, the UK, and Ireland. You will see Total Location (top of the dimension) because that's how Essbase navigates down -- it has to have the dimension name to find the limited children. You won't see any data there. But you will see data at the Location members that the METAREAD filter allows.
That's it -- it's been around since the year dot, and is the way access is restricted. You shouldn't need to reinvent the wheel to get this to work in OBIEE. Essbase should do the work.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour