Password Protect Designer Mode

Use the Password Protect Designer Mode option to:

You must supply a valid password to encrypt scripts. (Encrypted scripts are not functional in releases prior to 6.6.3 or 8.1.) You can still password protect an Interactive Reporting document file without encrypting any scripts associated with it.

You can define a default encryption state on the General options of Designer Options. When you create an Interactive Reporting document file, the default encryption state matches the one in Designer Options. Despite the default setting, scripts are only encrypted if the Interactive Reporting document file has a valid Design mode password.

Note:

Password Encryption accommodates user credentials that contain characters from a language other than the Windows machine locale. Password encryption extends to database passwords specified in Interactive Reporting database connection files, Interactive Reporting document files and sections.

  To password protect a script:

  1. Select File, then Save Options, and then Password Protect Designer Mode.

    Password Protect Designer Mode is displayed.

  2. In the Password field, enter the password required to open the document script.

    Passwords can contain up to 38 alphanumeric characters and are case sensitive.

  3. In the Verify Password field, retype the password and click OK.

    If the password and the verification do not match, an error message is displayed.

  To open a password protected script:

  1. Select one action:

    • Select File , then Document Scripts.

    • Click the Design/Run icon in the Dashboard section run mode.

      Unlock Design Mode is displayed.

  2. Enter the password required to open the script and click OK.

  To encrypt a script:

  1. In the Password field, enter the design mode password required to open the script.

    Passwords can contain up to 38 alphanumeric characters and are case sensitive.

  2. In the Verify Password field, retype the password and click OK.

    If the password and the verification do not match, an error message is displayed.

  3. Select Encrypt Dashboard scripts.

  4. Click OK.