6 Security
Security is an important part of any enterprise application. InetSoft's security model provides security at both a component and functional level, e.g., a user is able to view a report, but is not be able to perform Ad Hoc reporting operations on it. InetSoft's security model also provides security at a very granular object level, e.g., a user who has Ad Hoc reporting permissions may not have access to all the data models or queries in the data source and query registries (datasource.xml and query.xml). The security model is highly adaptable and configurable, e.g., you can import your existing users/groups/roles from a database or an LDAP server without redefining them in InetSoft's software.
There are two fundamental components to setting up security:
1. Specifying a Security Provider and optionally defining users, groups and roles.
2. Specifying permissions for reports and other components.
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