Dashboard (Launchpad) - Links Hidden/Unhidden based on role ?

Question

Hi folks

I've a request to build a dashboard which acts as a launchpad to a series of reports.  (Rather than running the reports through the catalog)

The request is that only certain links/buttons appear depending on the role of the person in the launchpad.

I know you can set access to the dashboard itself based on role but is it possible to dynamically show/hide links based on roles does anyone know ?

Thanks a lot

Scott

ScottHillier · Answer

@Nathan CCC  Great approach!  I like it.  Thank you very much for that.  That should do the job I'd say.😀👍️

Nathan CCC · Answer

Yes you can show hide a dashboard based on role.

But you can also show hide a page or sections on a page using permissions by role. So possibly a page/section for each?

Alternative…

If your analytics and repots are on dashboards then you can add a condition to each section on a page.

show if query return rows, hide if no rows - maybe using something like of following query to see if this user has a role XX - you will have to grant the transaction analysis duty role for this SA to all users

select all 0 s_0

, "User"."User Name" as user_name

, "Role"."Role Name" as role_code

, "Role Facts"."Number of Users" as measure

from "Security - Roles and Privileges Real Time"

where "User"."User Name" = valueof(NQ_SESSION."USER")

and "Role"."Role Name" in ('xx'))

FETCH FIRST 7 ROWS ONLY