Perform any available operation on any job.

Administering Oracle Reports Services Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 7-9 1. Log in to Oracle Enterprise Manager. 2. Navigate to the component’s home page see Section 7.3, Viewing the Component Topology .

3. From the Reports menu, select Administration Advanced Configuration.

The Advanced Configuration page is displayed.

4. In the Reports Security region, check or uncheck Enable Security.

7.8.1.1 Switching to Oracle Portal Security

The steps for deploying reports in Oracle Portal is the same in 11g Release 1 11.1.1 as in prior releases, as described in Chapter 16, Deploying Reports in Oracle Portal . However, the security mechanism underlying the deployment has changed. In that, authorization is enabled out of the box, but during installation if only Oracle Internet Directory is specified and Portal is not installed, authorization using Oracle Portal is disabled. The default installation of 11g Release 1 11.1.1 accomplishes both authentication and authorization through Oracle Platform Security Services You can continue to use the security features in Oracle Portal from prior releases for backward compatibility. To switch from the new 11g Release 1 11.1.1 Oracle Platform Security Services to pre-11g Oracle Portal metadata repository-based security:

1. Log in to Oracle Enterprise Manager.

2. Navigate to the Reports Server Home page see

Section 7.3, Viewing the Component Topology .

3. From the Reports menu, select Administration Advanced Configuration.

The Reports Server Advanced Configuration page is displayed.

4. In the Reports Security section, check Enable Security, then select Security

features available through Oracle Portal .

5. Click Apply.

7.8.2 Defining Security Policies for Reports

As administrator, you can specify the reports to which a particular userrole has access by creating security policies for each report. In the security policy, you can also specify the server, destination name desname, destination type destype, and other parameters. An authenticated user is authorized against these security policies. To define security policies for reports for Reports Server or Reports Application in-process Reports Server: Note: If you enable Oracle Portal security features, then Oracle Portal must also be configured during installation for authorization to occur: ■ If Oracle Portal is configured during installation, authentication is accomplished using the Oracle Internet Directory and authorization is accomplished using Oracle Portal which stores authorization policies. ■ If Oracle Portal is not configured during installation, authentication is accomplished using the Oracle Internet Directory and authorization does not occur.