You don't have the privileges to create or run workbooks

Question

Hi Experts;
I am using Oracle DB 10.2 , Discoverer version 10.1.2.0, EUL 5.1.1, EUL library 10.1.2.48.18
I use Role based security in my applications i.e. I am granting privileges to the roles and then granting the roles to the users, but I am having a problem with one of the schema/EUL which I could not trace.
I have granted the bussiness area to the role "B_User", I have also granted the following Desktop and Plus Privileges to the role "B_User"
1) Create/Edit Query
2) Collect Query statistics
3) Item Drill
4) Drill out
5) Create Link
The required workbooks are shared to the roles, but when I log on to Discoverer plus and try to open the workbook it gives the following error "You don't have the privileges to create or run workbooks. Please contact your Discoverer manager". I could create the workbooks but can't run any of the workbooks( existing or newly created).
I followed the same method for granting Security and Privileges for other schemas/EUL and they are working fine.
Is there anything wrong with the EUL I created? I even tried granting security access to "Public" and granted the Desktop and Plus privileges to "Public" for the stated EUL but still have the same problem.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Jethoo

Answer 1

Hey Jethoo.
At first blush, what you've written looks fine to me (assuming all the correct grants, etc. work in other business areas in the EUL).
So, let me just go over it.
1. You granted security (not privs) on the business area to a role 'B_User'. That means that anyone going into Disco using that role will let them see the underlying data.
2. You've granted privs to the role 'B_User' to be able to play with Disco. That looks fine.
3. You've written workbooks that have been shared with the role 'B_User'. That means that the end user can run a workbook.
So what I'd look at are:
4. I assume you only have 1 EUL and if not, are pointing to the correct one (in Tools -> Options -> EUL.
5. Did you create the workbooks in Disco Plus or Disco Desktop?
6. Have you tried to run the same workbooks in Disco Desktop?
7. When you did all the Admin stuff, did you reconnect in Disco Plus / Desktop before going on?
8. Did you assign the role to the user - at the database level you're having problems with?
9. Was it Friday the 13th. when you did all this - okay, maybe that's not an issue, but reaching here.
Russ
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russ_proudman