Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     [SOLVED] ENCRYPTING the Password field in InfoAssist+

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
[SOLVED] ENCRYPTING the Password field in InfoAssist+
 Login/Join
 
NewBee...WF8
Gold member
posted
Hi,

I would like to know a way where we can ENCRYPT the password field with **** in InfoAssist+.

Scenario: I have created a Reporting Object off of which I have created Auto Prompt Reports. When I run the report I enter the User ID and Password. I want the Password to be masked and appear as ASTERISK while entering instead of showing the actual password.

Any suggestion in this regards will be highly appreciated.

Thanks.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,


WebFOCUS 8
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 70 | Registered: May 26, 2017Report This Post
MartinY
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
This is something very easy using HTML Composer since you just need to use the "Mask text" property of the Edit Box control.

But with IA+ and a RO with auto-prompting, I'm not sure if that could be possible.


WF versions : Prod 8.2.04M gen 33, Dev 8.2.04M gen 33, OS : Windows, DB : MSSQL, Outputs : HTML, Excel, PDF
In Focus since 2007
 
Posts: 2409 | Location: Montreal Area, Qc, CA | Registered: September 25, 2013Report This Post
Frans
Guru
posted Hide Post
But isn't the user already logged in when they access the reporting object? You can use security center to make this object visible to certain users only.


Test: WF 8.2
Prod: WF 8.2
DB: Progress, REST, IBM UniVerse/UniData, SQLServer, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Greenplum, Athena.
 
Posts: 454 | Location: Europe | Registered: February 05, 2007Report This Post
NewBee...WF8
Gold member
posted Hide Post
Yes FRANS, user is already logged in. But, these reports will be accessed by a group of users and not individuals therefore, they will be using user id & password to access the reports (Generic credentials for the DB). Just to maintain the security we wanted a mechanism to mask the password field.


WebFOCUS 8
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 70 | Registered: May 26, 2017Report This Post
MartinY
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
quote:

these reports will be accessed by a group of users


This is a PERFECT candidate for WF Security Center Group policy.
No need to have a password protection on top of a already authenticated id/password.

Create a Group in Security Center and add the specific users to it.
Then have your "special" report rule "List and Run" set only to the above group.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: MartinY,


WF versions : Prod 8.2.04M gen 33, Dev 8.2.04M gen 33, OS : Windows, DB : MSSQL, Outputs : HTML, Excel, PDF
In Focus since 2007
 
Posts: 2409 | Location: Montreal Area, Qc, CA | Registered: September 25, 2013Report This Post
NewBee...WF8
Gold member
posted Hide Post
Thank you very much everyone for your valuable suggestions. MartinY, I think your suggestion seems logical to me.

Thank you all once again.


WebFOCUS 8
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 70 | Registered: May 26, 2017Report This Post
MartinY
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
My pleasure

If this is resolved, edit your first post then add [SOLVED] at the beginning of your post subject.

Regards,


WF versions : Prod 8.2.04M gen 33, Dev 8.2.04M gen 33, OS : Windows, DB : MSSQL, Outputs : HTML, Excel, PDF
In Focus since 2007
 
Posts: 2409 | Location: Montreal Area, Qc, CA | Registered: September 25, 2013Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     [SOLVED] ENCRYPTING the Password field in InfoAssist+

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders