We are currently investigating the viability of using OBIEE as the presentation tier for our BI solution (SQL Server 2012, using both the database and analysis services). IIS (which is utilized as a pass through for OBIEE to access SSAS via XMLA) is version 7.
When trying to import SSAS cube metadata into OBIEE, we are receiving "401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials". The connection from IIS to SSAS has been tested via Excel and established as working. Looking at the IIS logs, it appears that the username is not passed through when connecting via OBIEE, but is passed through when using Excel.
We have also tried using a local user to no avail.
Thanks in advance.
Undoubtedly there is a better solution, however, here is how I was able to get it to work.
Use anonymous authentication on IIS
Provide IUSR access to the cubes in question
Configure IIS to accept connections from the OBIEE server only, for
the XMLA pass-through site in IIS
Now, certainly less than ideal, but works.
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I have a sharepoint 2010 portal with some dashboards and reports. No I have a permission problem, because I cannot view these reports.
I would like to have a look in Reporting Services Configuration Manager, but I cannot connect to the server where sharepoint and SQL server is installed. I enter the server name and press on find. It gives me the following error:
Unable to connect to the Report Server MYSERVERNAME.
By the way, I try to fix this problem:
AccessDeniedException: The permissions granted to user
'Mydomain\MyUserAccount' are insufficient for performing this
operation.
First off, you probably want to be using SharePoint Central Administration, not RS Configuration Manager. Also, RS Configuration Manager isn't where you'd manage access to report objects.
That said:
Try remoting into the host machine and running the tool locally on the server.
Ensure the proper ports are open for you to be connecting remotely (and that they SHOULD be open - there are very valid security reasons to block them)
Are you 100% certain you're connecting to the right address? Is it possible the SSRS service itself is on a different machine than the Sharepoint service and the SQL server?
I'm trying to connect a web forms application to an SSAS Cube. The app is using web forms authentication and it is using web roles in Azure. The SSAS cube is on a Virtual Machine within Azure. There is no domain installed. The web app is using GrapeCity's Active Analysis control. When running the app i get the error "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host". While profiling on the server I get an "Anonymous Logon" attempt.
How can I set this up?
SSAS uses Windows authentication only, so either:
1) You somehow get your web app's application pool to run under a windows account that can access the cube box (Sounds unlikely).
2) You have your application pool run under a windows account and create a windows account with the same username/password on the cube box, and assign it the permissions (Used to work, I think it still does).
3) You allow Anonymous Logon read permissions to your cube. I know you can do this at the server level (Dev enviroments..), I haven't tried it at the cube role level.
These are the ones I know of, best of luck.
EDIT: Sorry, thought I'd forgotten one, there is basic authentication if you add IIS as an extra layer, you have to set it up to go via the MSDMPump.dll, full explanation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492140.aspx
Good Afternoon,
I'm having difficulty running a report with a data source saved on the Report Server using credentials for a user I created on SQL Server named 'ReportUser'. Attempting to resolve this I've mapped the user to the 'ReportServer' database with the db_owner role as well as setting the default database to the 'ReportServer'. However, each time I attempt to run the report I receive the error message:
Cannot create a connection to data source 'Test'. Login failed for user 'ReportUser'.
I'm running SQL Server 2008 from my local machine and am able to successfully run the reports when I setup the datasource using Windows Authentication. Any idea on what could be causing the issues when attempting to use the SQL Authentication with the 'ReportUser'
Thank you very much for your help!
Thank you for your reply.
I believe I found the cause of my issue. Since this was a local install for testing purposes I just set up the instance of SQL Server with Windows Authentication. However, I made the mistake of not setting up the server for both Windows and SQL Authentication. The following link helped me resolve this.
http://forums.asp.net/t/1784261.aspx/1?Could+not+connect+to+database+login+failed+for+user+sa
After changing this setting and restarting the SQL Server everything appears to be running properly now.
I just created a new database in "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express" and now I'm in "ColdFusion Administrator" and I'm trying to add my database as a Data Source. How do I do that? I believe the servername is .\SQLEXPRESS but I'm not sure what the default username and password are. I've tried creating a new login through Management Studio with an actual username and password, but those aren't working either. The error I'm getting is:
Connection verification failed for data source: xxx
java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]The requested instance is either invalid or not running.
The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]The requested instance is either invalid or not running.
I can see that the service is running, and I can connect to it through management studio. I've tried following a couple tutorials online, but they don't seem to be working for me. Ideas?
Server name can be any resolvable hostname or domain name, in case of having SQL Server and CF server on same box localhost should work for you.
Also make sure that user you created has access to the particular database and needed operations. Look into the database permissions for this. This check is not required when using master account (often login is sa), but this is not recommended practice because of the security reasons.
Also make sure SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode is checked. I had an issue with permissions as well when I only had Windows Authentication enabled under:
right click on server (localhost) -> security
Then restart SQL Server Services to save changes. After that I was able to connect my ColdFusion datasource to SQL Server.
For testings sake use the same credentials that you are connected with in Management Studio, likely the "sa" user and password. Once you have it working with "sa" then go back into Management Studio and create an application level user for your CF app and then update the data source to use your new user / password.
So I am new to working on web projects in general. I am working on an MVC application in Visual Studio 2008. I have generated an SQL database within VS, and I have deployed my application on IIS. However when I try to do anything in the application which will spark an SQL query, I get the following error:
"Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to failure in retrieving the user's local application data path. Please make sure the user has a local user profile on the computer. The connection will be closed."
I have hit google on this problem, and people have suggested a number of solutions but I am unsure how many of them are relevant to me doing this when I'm doing this in VS2008,. I have tried a few simple things suggested like setting the trust level to full, and setting the Load User Profile to true in IIS, but no luck yet.
What edition of SQL are you running where you deployed the application to? If it is not SQL Express, you will need to remove "User Instance=True" from the connection string.