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SAP HANA SQL Analytic Privileges

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DataSecurity/Restrictiondependingontheuserloggedintothesystemisoneoftheintegralpartofanydatawarehousingsystemor

reportingsolution.

InthisarticlewearegoingdiscussabouttheprocessofdatasecurityinSAPHANA.

ThedatasecurityonHANAmodelingobjectscanbedonewiththehelpofAnalyticPrivileges.

WhatisanAnalyticPrivilege?

AnalyticPrivilegeisusedtorestrictaccessingofentiredatapresentininformationmodels(modelingobjects)inSAPHANA.Alsowecan

defineasimplerestrictiontoasetofcomplexrestrictionswiththehelpofAnalyticPrivilegesandassignthemtoindividualusersorrolesto

restrictthedatawhentheyexecutethoseobjects.

Wecanalsosay,

Analyticprivilegeshelprestrictdataaccesstoinformationviewsbasedonattributesorprocedures.Wecancreateandapplyanalytic

privilegesforaselectedgroupofmodelsorapplythemtoallmodelsacrosspackages.

Afterwecreateanalyticprivileges,weassignthemtousers.Thisrestrictstheuserstoaccessonlythedataofcertaincombinationsof

dimensionattributesforwhichtheyareauthorized.

FromSAPHANASP10,wecancreatetwotypesofAnalyticPrivilegesinSAPHANA.Theyare

ClassicalAnalyticPrivileges(XMLAnalyticalPrivileges)

SQLAnalyticPrivileges

Eventhoughtheprocessofcreatingboththeanalyticprivilegesaresame,theoptionsandflexibilitywehaveineachofthesediffers.Before

westartbuildinganalyticprivileges(rowleveldatasecurity),weneedtodecidewhichtypeofprivilegeissuitablebasedonthebusiness

scenario.

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privileges(Classical).
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BelowarethedifferencesbetweenClassicalandSQLbasedAnalyticPrivileges.

Scenario:

BasedonthemodelwehavediscussedinIntroductiontoSAPHANAModeling,wehavealreadycreatedalltherequiredattributeviews,

analyticviewsandcalculationviews.

Pleasegothroughthebelowarticles,ifyouwouldliketolearnmoreabouttheprocessofcreatingmodelingobjectsinSAPHANA.

AttributeViewcreationinSAPHANA.

AnalyticViewcreationinSAPHANA.

CalculationViewcreationinSAPHANA.

NowletssaybusinesswantstoapplydatarestrictiononORDER_YEARtospecificuserswhentheylogintoanyreportingtooltoexecutethe

report.

Inthearticle,wewillseehowtocreateSQLanalyticprivilegestorestrictdataonORDER_YEARtospecificusersfromcalculationview

CA_SALES_PAYMENTS.

HowtocreateSQLAnalyticalPrivileges?

NowletslookatthestepbystepprocessofcreatingSQLanalyticalprivilegesinSAPHANAusingHANAStudio.

Step1:

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Tocreateanewanalyticprivilege,weneedtogotocontent,rightclickonyourpackageNewAnalyticPrivilegeasshownbelow.

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Step2:

Inthisscreenwehavetoenterthedetailsliketechnicalname,label(description)andthenselectthetypeofanalyticprivilegewewouldlike

tocreate.

ClickNexttoproceedfurther.

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SQLAnalyticPrivilegescanbeappliedonbelowmodelsinSAPHANA
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AttributeView

AnalyticView

CalculationView

Views

Inourscenario,wewouldliketoapplyanalyticprivilegesonourfinalcalculationviewCA_SALES_PAYMENTSforattributeORDER_YEAR.

SelectthecalculationviewCA_SALES_PAYMENTS,addtotherightsideandclickFinishasshownbelow.

Proceedtothenextpagetocontinuereading

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