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For security purposes, Our InfoSec group required us to implement both the Data Gateway application server and a SQL database server in a DMZ outside our corporate domain. Selected corporate data will be pushed out to the SQL server via SSIS, and made available to refresh published reports via the Gateway. I'm the Gateway Administrator. We've been successful in using SSIS to move sample data to the SQL server in the DMZ, creating a Data Source entry on the Gateway to the sample data, and assigning permission to specific named users to that data source. So far, so good.
However, when one of those named users develops a report using Desktop and publishes it to the service, and then wants to change the Datasets setting in the report to use the Gateway, nothing is displayed for them under Gateway Connection; i.e. there is no available data gateway for them to select from.
As part of my troubleshooting, I obtained a copy of the sample report and published it to my workspace. When I tried changing the Datasets setting, I did see the Gateway as available. On a hunch, I made one of those report developers a Gateway Admin like myself, and he could then see the Gateway where he wasn't able to do so previously.
So what's going on here? Why can't our named users see the Gateway? Is it because it's sitting in a DMZ? If our setup means only Admins are able to use it, we will have to either enable a bunch of report developers as Gateway admins, or our current admin (me) will be spending all of my time publishing reports and configuring connections - neither of which is an acceptable solution.
Anyone else run into this? How did you solve it? Thanks in advance!
Same problem here too. Adding the users to the DB conenctions in the gateway doesn't make them visible/avilable to them to actually attach their reports to.. How do we fix this?
Thanks for your suggestion, but I had already done that (that's what I meant by "Named Users" - I had added them by name as users of the data source). The issue is the users cannot see the data source unless I elevate them to be Gateway Administrators.
I have this issue also.
I have a gateway, with configured datasources.
My users are added to each datasource.
However when creating a new report, they cannot see the gateway, or the datasources, until I make them a gateway administrator at which point, they can see both.
Not ideal. Can we get some commentary on what options we should be reviewing here?>
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