Implementing Procurement and Spend Subject Areas Security for Suppliers

The procurement and spend subject areas support security for suppliers in the Fusion Applications. The list of values a user has access to is determined by the grants in the source application system.

The BI Duty Role 'OBIA_SUPPLIER_ANALYSIS_DUTY' is applicable to these Subject Areas:

  • Fact - Purchasing - Agreement

  • Fact - Purchasing - Order

  • Fact - Purchasing - Receipt

  • Fact - Spend and AP Invoice Distribution

  • Dim - Supplier

  • Dim - Supplier Site

For more information about how to define new groups and mappings for Users and BI Roles, see How to Define New Groups and Mappings for Users and BI Roles, or in FSM refer to the FSM Task 'How to Define New Groups and Mappings for Users and BI Roles'.

To apply data security filters, enable the appropriate initialization blocks depending on the deployed source system. For example, to enable security for EBS, enable Oracle EBS initialization block and make sure the initialization blocks of all other source systems are disabled.

To enable initialization blocks:

  1. In Oracle BI Administration Tool, edit the BI metadata repository (for example, OracleBIAnalyticsApps.rpd).
  2. Choose Manage, then Variables.
  3. Under Session – Initialization Blocks, open the initialization block that you need to enable.
    • PROC_SPEND_AN:SECURITY:Procurement Supplier Access Level
    • PROC_SPEND_AN:SECURITY:Procurement Supplier Access List
  4. Clear the Disabled check box.
  5. Save the metadata repository (RPD file).