Rave - General
How do I go about setting up simple security for RAVE 4.0 and later?
RAVE Security
Security is a programmer's challenge. RAVE is very flexible in the way it allows security, but maybe not the simplest. We subscribe to what is called 'HTTP authentication' which is the security that a typical website uses to control access. Other more complex methods may be used to segregate the users before they get to the server, but this is the RAVE portion that is adequate for most uses. An outline of how to setup follows:
Simple Security
1) Create new 'Simple Security Controller' by clicking on 'New Data Object' on toolbar. (Make sure the database is already connected)
2) Go to the property panel for the newly configured 'SimpleSecurity1' and edit the 'User List' -- type in the user name and password on each line separated by the = sign. Example 'Username=Password'
3) Select 'Simple Security1' for each report that is to use this security under 'Security Control' in the Property Panel for the report.
Whenever the report is run from the server via the web, a security box will come up and ask for username & password that must match the information in the User List box you have already filled in.
Multiple Simple Security objects can be created thereby allowing virtually an unlimited combination of reports and user/passwords