Prevention of developed Xcelsius report from unuauthorized users

Hi,
I want to prevent developed Xcelsius report from unuauthorized users. I developed report using query in Webservice. Is there any option of security in Xcelsius.
Any type of assistance will be appreciated.
regards:
Sandy
Edited by: Sandeep Saini | Roorkee | India on Jan 10, 2011 6:58 PM

Hi Sandeep,
I was not visiting site for quiet some time due to project schedules.
Here is a trick to make Dashboard secured.
Keep an object covering the whole canvas/page of dashboard with required transparency %. On that keep a UserName and/or password field to validate. Once validated make the object covering the data invisible.
This is a successful method which has been in practice already. Revert in case you need more clarification.
Thanks
BaaRaa.

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