Programatically Getting User!UserId

Hi,
Is there a way to programatically get the UserId at runtime? I need
this information for a custom data processing extension.
Thanks in advance, HerbWouldn't you just use a parameter that you pass to the data processing
extension? The parameter is then mapped to an expression references
User!UserID
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<herbpatterson@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Is there a way to programatically get the UserId at runtime? I need
> this information for a custom data processing extension.
> Thanks in advance, Herb|||On Dec 10, 12:15 pm, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Wouldn't you just use a parameter that you pass to the data processing
> extension? The parameter is then mapped to an expression references
> User!UserID
>
Hi Bruce,
I have a custom Security Extension -- I would like to implicitly get
the UserId of the logged in user. Is this possible? Is there a
runtime or session based class I can use to get access to this
information?
Thanks, Herb
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> <herbpatter...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:086d8074-60a8-461e-af41-c9b139228d24@.18g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> > Is there a way to programatically get the UserId at runtime? I need
> > this information for a custom data processing extension.
> > Thanks in advance, Herb|||Ah, you said data processing extension.
I am not aware of whether or how you can do this.
--
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<herbpatterson@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Dec 10, 12:15 pm, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Wouldn't you just use a parameter that you pass to the data processing
>> extension? The parameter is then mapped to an expression references
>> User!UserID
> Hi Bruce,
> I have a custom Security Extension -- I would like to implicitly get
> the UserId of the logged in user. Is this possible? Is there a
> runtime or session based class I can use to get access to this
> information?
> Thanks, Herb
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> <herbpatter...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:086d8074-60a8-461e-af41-c9b139228d24@.18g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > Is there a way to programatically get the UserId at runtime? I need
>> > this information for a custom data processing extension.
>> > Thanks in advance, Herb
>|||Hi Bruce,
I actually would like to use both -- a security extension for
authentication and then I would like to dynamically change the
datasource based on the username in the data processing extension.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Herb
On Dec 10, 1:11 pm, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Ah, you said data processing extension.
> I am not aware of whether or how you can do this.
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> <herbpatter...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c3aaa503-9208-438d-9730-97a8a0938cca@.e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> > On Dec 10, 12:15 pm, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Wouldn't you just use a parameter that you pass to the data processing
> >> extension? The parameter is then mapped to an expression references
> >> User!UserID
> > Hi Bruce,
> > I have a custom Security Extension -- I would like to implicitly get
> > the UserId of the logged in user. Is this possible? Is there a
> > runtime or session based class I can use to get access to this
> > information?
> > Thanks, Herb
> >> --
> >> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> >> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >> <herbpatter...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:086d8074-60a8-461e-af41-c9b139228d24@.18g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > Is there a way to programatically get the UserId at runtime? I need
> >> > this information for a custom data processing extension.
> >> > Thanks in advance, Herb|||When you implement custom authentication then you validate a user. Once
validated then that user would be the user returned with User!UserID. (At
least that is my understanding of how this works). So really how the user is
authenticated is totally separate from the data processing.
If the issue is dynamically changing the data datasource you might be able
to use the expression based datasource functionality in RS 2005. In RS 2005
you can use an expression for the datasource. That expression could use a
report parameter (hidden) and that could use a query that returns the value
you would be using for the datasource. One point about expression based data
sources, you cannot used shared datasources, it is done per report.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<herbpatterson@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Bruce,
> I actually would like to use both -- a security extension for
> authentication and then I would like to dynamically change the
> datasource based on the username in the data processing extension.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks, Herb
>
> On Dec 10, 1:11 pm, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Ah, you said data processing extension.
>> I am not aware of whether or how you can do this.
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> <herbpatter...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:c3aaa503-9208-438d-9730-97a8a0938cca@.e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> > On Dec 10, 12:15 pm, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Wouldn't you just use a parameter that you pass to the data processing
>> >> extension? The parameter is then mapped to an expression references
>> >> User!UserID
>> > Hi Bruce,
>> > I have a custom Security Extension -- I would like to implicitly get
>> > the UserId of the logged in user. Is this possible? Is there a
>> > runtime or session based class I can use to get access to this
>> > information?
>> > Thanks, Herb
>> >> --
>> >> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> >> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> >> <herbpatter...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:086d8074-60a8-461e-af41-c9b139228d24@.18g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > Is there a way to programatically get the UserId at runtime? I need
>> >> > this information for a custom data processing extension.
>> >> > Thanks in advance, Herb
>