Using BOUSER or CurrentUser() in Report Query Filter

Post Author: Sandiegouser
CA Forum: WebIntelligence Reporting
We are using LDAP for Authentication.
I was to be able to use the LDAP user id to filter what the user sees in a report..using either @variable('BOUSER') or CurrentUser()
Thank you

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