Security

Crystal Enterprise 8.5 introduces more granular rights management, broader LDAP server support, and interfaces for implementing view-time security.

New access levels

Two new security levels are available in Crystal Enterprise 8.5. The first is "View On Demand" which allows users to run on-demand reports that display the latest data in the database. This level is essentially an intermediate step between the "Run" and "Full Control" levels provided in version 8.0. The second new level, "Advanced," allows administrators to customize object security levels outside of the five standard levels provided in the system.

Tip:    The "Run" level from version 8.0 is now referred to as "Schedule."

LDAP server support

Crystal Enterprise 8.5 includes broader LDAP server support, delivering out-of-the-box support for iPlanet Directory Server, Novell Directory Server, Domino Directory Server, and IBM SecureWay. A flexible LDAP interface is also provided to support other LDAP servers that conform to the v.3 specification.

Processing extensions

Crystal Enterprise provides flexible support for view-time security implementations (filtering report data based on user credentials). Through the Administration Software Development Kit (SDK), developers can write custom applications to intercept report requests and modify them before they are dispatched for processing. (For example, an application could look the user up in an entitlement database and add a filter to the report request to return only the data the user is entitled to see.)

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