SAP Business Objects is a business intelligence solution invented for firms of all sizes. It offers ad-hoc reporting functionalities within a set, predictive dashboard, Crystal reports, ETL( i.e extract, transform and load), OLAP (i.e. Online Analytical Processing). This product is available both in on-premise and cloud-based deployment opportunities.
For web applications that do not provide support for federated single sign-on, we have miniOrange Secure single sign on browser plugins for SSO. Here, it is enabled on an application, where end users see an icon on their home pages and browsers, through this users can set and update their credentials. ( In the secure store for that application only).
miniOrange supports all browser extension
- miniOrange Secure Single Sign-On Plugins for SSO support all popular web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and Microsoft edge.
- Browser plugin a secure driven post to the application login page, signing in the user automatically on their behalf. - The plug-in does not store the credentials anywhere and they are discarded once the user has signed into the application.
- Users credentials are stored in an encrypted format by using AES encryption with the combination of a customer-specific private key. When a user clicks the application icon, miniOrange securely posts the username/password to the app login page over SSL and the user is automatically logged in.
SAP Business Objects Single Sign On (SSO)
Step 1: Configure miniOrange Settings for SAP Business Objects
- Log in as a customer from the Admin Console.
- Go to Apps >> Manage Apps. Click on Configure Apps button.
- Click on Browser Add on / Form Post tab .
- Select SAP Business Objects app.
- Select Group name as default.
- If each user has a different username and password for the app, admin should choose an individual login account option, so that users can save their username and password from the user portal themselves.
- If multiple users are allowed to access the app via same credentials assigned by admin, admin should choose share Login Account option.
- Go to miniOrange dashboard and select User Dashboard from right side menu.
- Scroll down on the same page under the section of configure your cloud apps section and search for SAP Business Objects app, on the app icon you will find setting option. Click on it and select Configure. ( If you are unable to find app in this list then please contact us.)
- It will redirect you to add extension page. Now, click on the Add to Chrome.
- Once you done with configuration, scroll up on same page, under the SIGN-IN TO YOUR FAVOURITE CLOUD APPS section search for SAP Business Objects app. On SAP Business Objects app icon, click on the download symbol.
- It will redirect you to add extension page. Now, click on the Add to Chrome.
- Click on Add extension .
- Now, miniOrange extension is added in your extension
- Click on the app icon from miniOrange user portal, you will be redirected to SAP Business Objects login page.
- Now browser extension will auto-fill the username and password credentials automatically. Once enabled, end users can see an icon on their browser which auto-fills username and password on the application login page and submit the page automatically to let user access the app.
- Now, you can see the homepage of the app.
Step 2: Steps to embed this application link in your own website/user portal
- Go to admin dashboard -> Apps -> search for SAP Business Objects app -> Click on Link in Action menu against SAP Business Objects app.
- Copy the app link and paste it anywhere on your own website - User portal/ Apps Dashboard /Menu, etc.
For further details refer :
https://www.sap.com/india/products/bi-platform.html
https://www.sap-press.com/introducing-sap-businessobjects-cloud-bi-and-planning_4138/
https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/12/74508b34-e57c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html
