Getting a Principal Authorization Report

Use

For each business object, you can get a detailed information about the principal authorized to execute operations on it.

Procedure

       1.      Log on to the Composite Application Framework runtime configurator using the following URL:

http://<host>:<port>/caf

       2.      Choose Administrative tools → Authorization Tool.

       3.      Choose the Propagated Permissions tab page.

       4.      From the left pane, select the business object for which you want the authorization report.

       5.      From the right pane, select the business object attributes to be included in the report and choose Apply.

To choose multiple entries, hold the CTRL key down while selecting the entries.

       6.      Below the table, enter the name of the principal whose permissions you want to see.

You can select the principal the same way as when you manage the access control list.

For more information, see Managing Access Control List.

       7.      Choose Show Permissions.

The data in the table Business Objects Permissions is refreshed, showing the selected attributes as columns and data for the selected principal permission to instances of the business object.

       8.      To get a detailed principal report about a listed business object, click on the relevant entry in the table.

You can check fast if a particular principal has authorizations for the selected business object. To do this, enter the principal name and choose Check Access.

       9.      To get an Excel report (in .XLS file), proceed as follows:

...

                            a.      Choose Generate Excel Report

A report is generated.

                            b.      To save the file locally, choose Download Report.

Result

The generated Excel file contains the exact date and time of the generation as well as the detailed permissions information, included in the table Business Objects Permissions.