Is there any way to allow the BusinessObjects service account to act as a proxy user for all SQL Server connections (OLE DB)?
In the new IDT, when creating a Relational Connection, one is presented with three authentication options:
(1) Use BusinessObjects credential mapping
Making use of the user-specific DB credentials configured in the Users and Groups section of the CMC
(2) Use single-sign when refreshing reports at view time
This is for Single Sign On to database and Kerberos must be configured throughout the enterprise to support it - we do not support this currently. Also, from a maintenance perspective, we want to use the service account user so that the DBA can assign the same single user to all necessary DBs, rather than having to assign specific users as they come and go.
(3) Use specified username and password
Which allows use of SQL authentication - NOT Windows AD authentication - I have read that this is OLE DB driver itself enforcing this.
There doesn't seem to be any way to simply rely on the BOBJ platform service account to make all of the connections.
FYI - We do not want to fallback to ODBC, for maintenance reasons.
Any clarification or help on this matter is appreciated.
David