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Helper VPublish to web
kkalyanrr Yes you can do that, but be aware that anything using Publish to Web is accessible by anyone. Just because you stick the embedded piece behind SharePoint doesn't mean its secure. It's the embed URL that is discoverable.
admiralman Ok. "Stumble upon" is not the correct term. If someone is up to no good, it is a trivial amount of work to discover these URL's. If you've watched any presentation on the subject you will soon realize that the URL's all follow the same structure except for one part. There is a reason that there is a giant warning on the article which describes this functionality here
The nuts and bolts is this: If you are using "stumble upon" as a justification for exposing your company data despite all the warnings, then that's up to you. But understand that you are in essence risking your companies private information when you use this, I don't know how much more clear anyone can make this for you.
Advocate IIAnonymous I didnt realize that the construct of the embed codes were that way and assumed they were randomly generated. Many people in these forums have claimed that the only way to access these reports was to have the link thus I assumed they were secure up to that point. I have seen the warning message and based upon my prior assumptions I thought that when I saw "can be viewed by anyone on the Internet" it meant that it could as long as I gave them the link. There is a lot confusion on this subject even within this forum. I appreciate your clarification on this.