Now you can password protect excel outputs too in bi publisher
1. Now you can Password Protect Excel Outputs too in BI Publisher
One of the missingpiece inBIPublisherearlierwasthe passwordprotectionforExcel 2007 Outputand it
has beenintroducedin18c update.
Earlierpasswordprotectionwaspossible forPDFoutputonlyandthere have beenanumberof bugs and
enhancementspendingaroundthe feasibilityforpasswordprotectionforExcel Output.Andfinally
Oracle has workedonthisand releasedthisfeature in18c release.
Now,we will lookatthe stepsto enable thisfeature forBIReports:
Navigate toReportsand Analytics
OpenCatalog
Navigate toBI Report
2. Once the passwordis set,clickokand save the report.
Nowrun the reportand downloadthe excel output..
Whenyouopenthe excel sheet,itwill promptustoenterthe passwordwhichhasbeensetat the
reportlevel.
For now,we cannot create dynamicpasswordsusingthe SQLqueryaddedtothe data setlike we create
dynamicpasswordPDFoutputfiles.
Hope the dynamicpasswordwill alsobe enabledbyOracle innextreleases.
Thanksfor reading.Staytunedformore updates.