Variable of type authorization

Do all authorization variables in BI 7.0 required user code be written in order for them to work?

Hi,
there are 2 types of variables that you can use for analysis authorizations:
1.) Customer Variables
These variables are filled with values derived in the customer exit. They can be used instead of values for characteristics in the analysis authorization. Instead of entering the value, you enter the name of the variable as $<variable name> in the maintenance of the authorizations.
2.) Authorization Variables
The value of a characteristic is replace by the values that are stored in the authorization of a user. This is happening during the query execution. The variables can be used for characteristic values and for hierarchy nodes.
Cheers
SAP NetWeaver BI Organisation

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Actually, the default values(in Bex) are bound to appear as per RSECADMIN definition. That's how it behaves. To try in a different way for your Authorizations, you may try with a BADI with all Authorized values in the code. Please search below document in SCN.
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In WEB-reporting we want to authorize on a navigational attribute without using the variable of type
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If you change the variable to type exit, and user input enabled, you can then build your logic in the user exit.
If users have entered unauthorised values, it will be checked (by the system??). If this assumption is correct then all you need to do in your exit is to continue with the values entered by the user; and in case user has entered no values, populate the variable with values valid for the user (by reading the user authorization and corresponding charactertistics values and moving these to the variable).
--> Adding further
Since the authorization will not be checked by the system (I missed that these are not of authorization type variables), user exit will need to do this check. The logic for doing authorization checks / error messages / restricting based on authorizations - will have to be done in the user-exit.
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Message was edited by: Ajay Das

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I am looking for variables & Processing types.Could any one guide me on Variables & Processing types in BI 7.0.
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Hi Vijji,
We have five types of variables in BI 7.0
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/579b3c494d8e15e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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