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BOBJ REST BI Platform Configuration

  1. Launch Central Management Console and click on Authentication.
Central Management Console screen

Select Authentication in the Central Management Console screen

  • In the next screen, select Authentication > Enterprise.
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  • In the Trusted Authentication section, check the box against Trusted Authentication is enabled.
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  • Click New Shared Secret to generate the shared secret key.
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  • Click Download Shared Secret, and then click Update.
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  • Copy the downloaded file TrustedPrincipal.conf to <INSTALLDIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\java\pjs\container\bin in Windows.
  • Also copy the same file TrustedPrincipal.conf to INSTALLDIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\ and <INSTALLDIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\ locations.
  1. Next in Central Management Console select Servers, and expand Service Categories.
  • Click Core Services in the right pane.
Service Categories > Core Services

Select Core Services

  • In the Server Name, right-click BISBX.WebApplicationContainerServer and select properties.
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  • In the Trusted Authentication Configuration, set Retrieving Method as 'HTTP_HEADER' and User Name Parameter as 'X-SAP-VBI-TRUSTED-USER' or any other relevant name:
Trusted Authentication Configuration

Trusted Authentication Configuration parameters

Kindly note these parameters details to be used for the BOBJ REST Agent creation step.

  1. Go to the location: <BOBJ-Installation-Directory>\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\custom.
  • Edit the global.properties file as shown below:
Edit the global properties file

Global properties file content

Click below to copy the content of the file:

BOBJ-Installation-Directory>\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\custom\global.properties
sso.enabled=true
trusted.auth.user.retrieval=HTTP_HEADER
trusted.auth.user.param=X-SAP-VBI-TRUSTED-USER

✅ BOBJ REST BI configured.