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mike
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is there a way to allow a user to have multiple login session in wfc? I don't mean just to get rid of that 19208 error page. I mean actually multiple online sessions.
thanks, mike


wf 7.6.11
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dhagen
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If your server has multiple virtual host names, you can establish a session for each host name.

Why would you want to do this?


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Darin Lee
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There is a server setting (available as a console admin option) that can limit the number of connections allowed per user. If the WF admin has limited it to one, you know who you need to talk to to get multiple sessions.


Regards,

Darin


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mike
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Hi Darian: do you by any chance know the name of this setting?

for dhagen: we need to do it because it has become a user requirement. Our WFC Reports component is invoked from a JAVA application, in which a user's reporting "arena" is defined in a table. The user can, however, open another session with this JAVA app, in which they switch to a different defined arena. So, a user with one session open to arena A can have a second session to do arena B. When he invokes WFC from each session, WFC needs to have two reporting sessions, one for A and one for B.


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GinnyJakes
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max_connections_per_user = number of connections (-1 means unlimited)


Internal default: unlimited


This service level keyword is part of the security features. It allows to restrict the number of concurrent connections for the same userid. All new connections will be rejected once the number of connections defined by this keyword have already been established



This can be set on the reporting server web console under Configuration/Data Servers.


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mike
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Hi Ginny: I don't see Data Servers under Configuration. We have only: Client Settings, MR Security Settings, Startup parameters, Redirection Settings, Custom Settings, NLS Settings, Dynam Language switch. Nothing says max_connections_per_user any where.


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Darin Lee
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You are looking at the client console. The max_connections_per_user setting is available on the server console.


Regards,

Darin


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WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex
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Terry Whitmore
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Originally posted by mike:

for dhagen: we need to do it because it has become a user requirement. Our WFC Reports component is invoked from a JAVA application, in which a user's reporting "arena" is defined in a table. The user can, however, open another session with this JAVA app, in which they switch to a different defined arena. So, a user with one session open to arena A can have a second session to do arena B. When he invokes WFC from each session, WFC needs to have two reporting sessions, one for A and one for B.


Mike, when you say "WFC", you are referring to the BI Dashboard, right? I'm assuming that based on the 19208 error message in your original post.

In the scenario you describe above, are the two reporting sessions in the same BI Dashboard (same web server host name)? Different views in the same Dashboard environment?
 
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Terry Whitmore
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I found this posting. In WF 71x, only one Dashboard logon per user is allowed for a single Dashboard environment.

http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/sps/32952548.html

However, I also found that in 76x, the behavior has changed so that multiple logins are allowed.

There is an outstanding New Feature Request for the ability to configure the environment to allow or disallow multiple logins.
 
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mike
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this answer is for Southern Belle: it is two reporting sessions in the same BI Dashboard (same web server host name) and probably the same kind of view.


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mike
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yes, I see it now on the server console. But it is already set at -1. I think per Ginny's new doclink. It is not possible for v7.1?


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GinnyJakes
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-1 says there is no restriction. If you want to change it to one, you would need to make it a 1.

I don't have 7.1 to test with. Can you go to advanced search and type in 'restrict logon' and see what you get?


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mike
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the 'restrict login' does not give any needed info; but, this post from Southern Belle points to this doclink?

In WF 71x, only one Dashboard logon per user is allowed for a single Dashboard environment.

http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/sps/32952548.html


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Darin Lee
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which means that a user can only login in to a single dashboard environment at a time. I don't know what your "WFC Reports" component is, but I am assuming from your description of "sessions" that you are meaning two Dashboard sessions. max_connections_per user is not relevant in this case and Belle's last comment applies. I wasn't aware that the behavior had changed in 7.6 but we're not up to that version yet. Maybe that's your answer Mike.


Regards,

Darin


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