Report data filters depending on user

I have web intelligence report returning data grouped by departments. Is it possible to filter report data by department for user logged in depending on user's department?
Thanks
Edited by: Denis Sapunkov on Aug 19, 2010 12:58 PM

This can be achieved in 3 ways:
1. In Web Intelligence
Providing you have a table in your database that holds username and department you create a webi report where you select "Dept. Username", "Department" and all other objects you require for your report.
- Run the Query
- Create a new variable called CurrentUser => Formula: =CurrentUser()
- Create a new variable called "Department Filter" => Formula: =If([CurrentUser] = "Dept. Username" ; "Yes" ; "No")
- Create a new report filter: Department Filter = "Yes"
This will only return the deprtment for the user that is currently logged on to BO.
2. On universe level you could use access restrictions to achieve this
3. If you require to schedule the report, you could create a group for each department and assign this group to a profile that filters on department.
Hope this helps!

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