We have since found that updating the BI Author to only have Open privileges on the folders does actually prevent them from making changes to existing objects. However, when this gets wiped out after an update, it puts the catalog objects at risk if clients don't remember to go put it all back. Our clients are very…

There is a similar idea under review for the custom folder permissions that are reverted after updates. I believe these are both equally important and should be modified in the same release. https://cloudcustomerconnect.oracle.com/posts/d1fa138b71 PLEASE fix this soon. This is a conversation I have with every newly live…

This is very important. We have many clients who don't want the majority of their OTBI users to be able to modify content that was created by our consultants, but they also want to provide the author capability. We found that there is no way to remove the ability to edit reports from the BI Author/BI Platform Author. We…

Agreed!

I assume that this would remove visibility of data to developers who have not been granted the access. For example, a financial developer should not be able to query payroll data like they can today.