Two different levels of security configuration and authentication are supported by Siebel Analytics:

• Object-level security
• Data-level security

Data-level and object-level security groups for areas within the Siebel operational applications and Siebel Industry Applications are covered in the following topics. For more on user authentication in Siebel Analytics, see Configuring User Authentication and Security in Siebel Analytics.

The topics covered in this chapter include:

• Object-Level Security in Analytics
• Data-Level Security in Analytics
• Integrated Security for Responsibilities and Groups in Analytics Applications
• Responsibilities and Access in Analytics Applications
• Metadata Object Level Security (Repository Groups) in Analytics
• Metadata Object Level Security (Web Catalog Groups) in Analytics
• Web Catalog Security in Analytics Applications
• Data-Level Security in Analytics Applications
• Implementing Data-Level Security in the Analytics Repository
• Position and Organization Initialization Variables in Analytics Applications
• Siebel Operational Applications Security
• Siebel Industry Applications Security Settings

NOTE:  For the purpose of this chapter, Responsibility is interchangeable with Repository group and Web Catalog group; they have a one-to-one correspondence.