OBIEE 11.1.1.6.2 Row Wise Init for Roles variable

Question

Gurus,
Why is the NQ_SESSION.ROLES ( Row Wise Initialized ) behaving differently when compared to other Row Wise initialized session variables.
I am using EBS Authentication and Authorization for OBIEE, so my authorization query is
SELECT DISTINCT 'ROLES', RESPONSIBILITY_KEY
FROM FND_USER,FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS, FND_RESPONSIBILITY_VL
WHERE FND_USER.user_id=FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS.user_id
AND FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS.RESPONSIBILITY_ID = FND_RESPONSIBILITY_VL.RESPONSIBILITY_ID
AND FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS.RESPONSIBILITY_APPLICATION_ID = FND_RESPONSIBILITY_VL.APPLICATION_ID
AND FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS.START_DATE < SYSDATE
AND (CASE WHEN FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS.END_DATE IS NULL THEN SYSDATE ELSE TO_DATE(FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS.end_Date) END) >= SYSDATE
AND FND_USER.user_name = 'VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.USER)';
Now I plan to use these Roles( EBS Responsibility name) which I have populated in a DB table against some Cost Center and below is the how I view the data in DB.
ID | PROFIT_CENTER | RESPONSIBILITY
0 | 0 |0
1 | 100 |BI_Fin_Role
2 | 200 |BI_P2P_Role
3 | 300 |BI_Inv_Role
Then my Profit Centers Initialization Block is now
SELECT DISTINCT 'PROFIT_CENTER', PROFIT_CENTER FROM WC_OBIEE_PC_SECURITY WHERE RESPONSIBILITY IN (VALUELISTOF(NQ_SESSION.ROLES))
So User1 has BI_Fin_Role and PC_Security Role so does the User2 has BI_Inv_Role and PC_Security now when User1 logs in they should see only 100 Profit center data and User2 should see only 300.
I have created data filter for that application role (PC_Security) and limiting with "Dim.Profit Center"."Profit Center" = VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION."PROFIT_CENTER")
However first problem I encounter is there is no value definition for PROFIT_CENTER, snap that means the VALUELISTOF(NQ_SESSION.ROLES) value is not being passed or recognized by whenever BI Server sends that query to DB.
This is confirmed by my query log which says:
[2013-04-29T12:49:06.000+00:00] [OracleBIServerComponent] [TRACE:5] [USER-39] [] [ecid: 11d1def534ea1be0:48033065:13e4213bbd0:-8000-0000000000008dc8] [tid: 47796940] [requestid: fffe0313] [sessionid: fffe0000] [username: ] -------------------- An initialization block named 'PC_Security', on behalf of a Session Variable, issued the following SQL query: [[
SELECT DISTINCT 'PROFIT_CENTER', PROFIT_CENTER FROM WC_OBIEE_PC_SECURITY WHERE RESPONSIBILITY IN (VALUELISTOF(NQ_SESSION.ROLES))
Returned 0 rows. Query status: Successful Completion
So I try to issue the SQL to BI Server thru Issue SQL Directly:
SELECT "Profit Center"."Profit Center" FROM "SLA Details" WHERE "Profit Center"."Profit Center" = VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.ROLES)
and the query log gives be the below log which blew my mind as its being delimited by ';'
select distinct T1260626.ACCOUNT_SEG3_CODE as c1
from
W_GL_ACCOUNT_D T1260626 /* Dim_W_GL_ACCOUNT_D */
where ( T1260626.ACCOUNT_SEG3_CODE = 'BIAuthor;BIConsumer;PC_Security;BI_Fin_Role;AuthenticatedUser' )
I have other Row Wise Init blocks for HR_ORG which when fired and used in reports give be stings ('1000','2000',...) which is what I was expecting to see in the filter and query here.
Am I doing something wrong here can someone please point me to right direction please.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
VidyaS
Edited by: VidyaS on Apr 29, 2013 2:47 PM

Answer 1

This is because the ROLES variable in OBIEE 11g is designed to retrieve the LDAP or DB groups etc.. in form of semicolon delimiters this would be not the same case with other Row Wise init blocks.
Refer to : OBI 11g - LDAP and semicolon-delimited string for Groups [ID 1274964.1]
HTH,
SVS