Office Web Components & Analysis Services

Hi,
We've been asked to enable an external client to access a cube via OWC.
The idea is that if they play about with the cube through the PivotTable
control, this will enable them to define their requirements for a reporting
system to sit on top of the cube.
I've read and implemented the contents of the following document:-
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...5/httpasws.mspx
I've installed OWC and the SQL data access components on a test machine, and
have been trying to access the cube through a web-page hosting the pivot
table control.
Data access across domains is enabled in IE
The error returned is "The query could not be processed: The HTTP server
returned the following error: Forbidden."
Obviosuly some security setting somewhere needs to be tweaked ... but which
one :/
Access to the web-page hosting the OWC control will be locked down by IP
address.
Bearing all the above, what is the most straightforward means of enabling
access via the OWC PivotTble control?
Thank you for help.does the XMLA virtual directory is hosted on the SSAS server himself or on
another HTTP server?
what is the security mode of the virtual directory? Anonymous, Basic, or
integrated security?
"craig_amtdatatechnologies@.discussions.mi"
< craigamtdatatechnologiesdiscussionsmi@.di
scussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:075C02A4-F2FC-485C-BBFB-63B55EF261C8@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> We've been asked to enable an external client to access a cube via OWC.
> The idea is that if they play about with the cube through the PivotTable
> control, this will enable them to define their requirements for a
> reporting
> system to sit on top of the cube.
> I've read and implemented the contents of the following document:-
> - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...5/httpasws.mspx
>
> I've installed OWC and the SQL data access components on a test machine,
> and
> have been trying to access the cube through a web-page hosting the pivot
> table control.
> Data access across domains is enabled in IE
> The error returned is "The query could not be processed: The HTTP server
> returned the following error: Forbidden."
> Obviosuly some security setting somewhere needs to be tweaked ... but
> which
> one :/
> Access to the web-page hosting the OWC control will be locked down by IP
> address.
> Bearing all the above, what is the most straightforward means of enabling
> access via the OWC PivotTble control?
>
> Thank you for help.
>
>

ODBC wire encryption

Is there a method to enable an ODBC client to encrypt all communications
between the client and the server?
I have a client that is having a cow about data moving over the network via
an ODBC driver to DBMS server unencrypted.
I haven't seen or heard of an option like this before but thought I would
ask.
Our application communicates with SQL Server and Oracle 9i via the vendors
native ODBC drivers.
Tony
ODBC is just an API. It's up to the individual drivers/DBMSes to perform
any encryption.
I'm not familiar with Oracle, but SQL Server supports encryption between
client and server.
If I remember correctly, there are two methods of encryption with SQL
Server. In one method, you install an SSL certificate on the server. This
enables encryption, and REQUIRES that all client connections to the server
use encryption. The other method involves installing a certificate on the
client. This allows single clients to use encryption, without requiring
encryption across-the-board, but has the downside that you can't require
encryption in situations that you WANT it.
My understanding is that the first method is MUCH easier to setup. There
are some gotchas though. If the server is configured with a certificate,
and there is something wrong with the certificate, then the server will fail
to start.
There should be plenty of documentation on this on the web.
Brannon
"Tony" <tonyng2@.spacecommand.net> wrote in message
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> Is there a method to enable an ODBC client to encrypt all communications
> between the client and the server?
> I have a client that is having a cow about data moving over the network
via
> an ODBC driver to DBMS server unencrypted.
> I haven't seen or heard of an option like this before but thought I would
> ask.
> Our application communicates with SQL Server and Oracle 9i via the vendors
> native ODBC drivers.
> Tony
>