How to add security for WebViewer

rsoika

Hi,
I have installed the WebViewer application together with my EAR business application.
I added some reports to the WebViewer war. Everything so far looks ok.
But I have the following problem:
My reports access an XML Datasource provided by a REST service from my business application.
The user is authenticated and he can access the raw data from the REST service from his browser. (the REST service uses a basic authentification).
But when the user opens the report through the Birt WebViewer web app the report breaks with the error message:

Can not load the report query: 232. Errors occurred when generating the report document for the report element with ID 232. (Element ID:232)

I think that birt tries to access the XML Datasource as a anonymous user.
How can I integrate Birt into my EAR in a way that the report engine uses the basic authentification informations to receife the XML Datasource.

For example:
the WebViewer is located at:
http://localhost:8080/WebViewerExample/frameset?__report=zeitabrechnung.rptdesign
the XML Datasource is located at:
http://localhost:8080/office-rest/report/projekt.ixr?count=-1&1=500009

And this URL is part of my report. The user is authtenticated. But the report inside birt breaks.

Can anybody help me with this issue?

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Ralph

averma

Hi rsoika,
So I take it that XML data source service somehow leverages the session information in your web application for authentication. In order to leverage this session, you will need to either merge BIRT webviewer application context(code and directory structure) with your application or use BIRT Viewer Tag library.