About access control lists (ACLs) and security IDs

Page-level and data security use the same security mechanism in Actuate BIRT Designer: access control lists.

An access control list (ACL) is a list of security IDs that tells iServer which users have access to a particular item in a report or data object. A security ID can be either a user name or a role defined in iServer. Typically, you use roles because they are more permanent than user names. A role can be assigned to different users at different times as employees leave or change positions.

To implement page-level and data security in Actuate BIRT Designer, perform the following tasks:

In the report or data object, select the item to which to apply security.

For the item’s Access Control List Expression property, specify an expression that evaluates to a security ID or a list of security IDs.

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