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mvalerio24's avatar
mvalerio24
New Contributor III
2 years ago

Application Security Role update with Business Rules

Is it possible to update the Application Security roles with in an extender Business rule? I want to be able to update the Modifydata role with the push of a button.

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  • photon's avatar
    photon
    2 years ago

    I've been able to update security groups without an IIS reset using a BR, here are the relevant pieces:

    Dim objMember As WritableMember = BRApi.Finance.Members.ReadWritableMemberNoCache(si, DimType.Entity.Id, memberName)

objMember.ReadDataGroupUniqueID = BRApi.Security.Admin.GetGroup(si,groupName).Group.UniqueID

BRApi.Finance.MemberAdmin.SaveMemberInfo(si, True, objMember, False, properties, False , descriptions, TriStateBool.FalseValue)

     We've had this running on a nightly schedule to keep our descriptions up to date with MDM but it could be hooked to a button press just the same. I don't know how it compares to Jack's method and his certainly looks simpler but maybe it will be of some use.

  • photon's avatar
    photon
    Contributor
    2 years ago

    I've been able to update security groups without an IIS reset using a BR, here are the relevant pieces:

    Dim objMember As WritableMember = BRApi.Finance.Members.ReadWritableMemberNoCache(si, DimType.Entity.Id, memberName)

objMember.ReadDataGroupUniqueID = BRApi.Security.Admin.GetGroup(si,groupName).Group.UniqueID

BRApi.Finance.MemberAdmin.SaveMemberInfo(si, True, objMember, False, properties, False , descriptions, TriStateBool.FalseValue)

     We've had this running on a nightly schedule to keep our descriptions up to date with MDM but it could be hooked to a button press just the same. I don't know how it compares to Jack's method and his certainly looks simpler but maybe it will be of some use.

    • mvalerio24's avatar
      mvalerio24
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      I actually got something similar to work last night! This is great tho, thanks for sharing!

  • JackLacava's avatar
    JackLacava
    Honored Contributor
    2 years ago

    It's OneStream, of course it's possible 😎

    Check out BRApi.Security.Admin.GetRole and .SaveRole.

    • RobbSalzmann's avatar
      RobbSalzmann
      Valued Contributor II
      2 years ago

      Thanks JackLacava .  To put a little more structure around this, the requirement is to lock a scenario (using a button) for a period of time, then set it back to its original access with another button.

      Use Case:
      An all day meeting with the CFO commences to discuss and refine a forecast.  During this meeting the scenario needs to be locked down to prevent a potential moving target, changing values.  When the meeting is over the scenario is opened back up and FAs are given tasks to update the forecast.
      The admin wants a simple set of on/off buttons to accomplish the locking/unlocking of the scenario.

      • cjohnson's avatar
        cjohnson
        New Contributor III
        2 years ago

        Would locking/unlocking the workflow not be a valid approach for this?