icCube - XMLA authentication/authorization not working as expected - xmla

I am trying to limit user to see only one schema over XMLA.
For that i have done:
created separate role without full access check
Created separate role without full access check
In Applications tab checked only XMLA
In Schemas tab selected "Authorize Selected" and select only one schema
Created user with just created role
applied new user definitions
After that steps, when i connect via XMLA with just created users i still see all schemas.
What i am doing wrong?

One point that is important when using XMLA interface is to disable the 'anonymous' login. When doing XMLA if this mode is activate it is going to be used in priority.
To change this you need to modify icCube.xml and restart icCube Server. See more on online doc here.

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Unable to automate AD user creation in Azure SQL database

I'm trying to set up automated pipeline for database creation and need to open access for all users of some AD group. Last part is done through CREATE USER [Group Name] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;
In order to execute this command, one needs to be logged in with AAD and the only Azure DevOps task used to execute SQL scripts (SqlAzureDacpacDeployment#1) has limited options to sign with AD. Currently it supports sign in with AD username/password and AD Integrated. User/password option is not possible as we use two factor authentication. And the latter requires self-hosted agent for pipeline which we do not have.
Additionally, there is one more sign in option that look promising (Service Principal: Uses the Authentication data from Azure Subscription), but after trying it failed miserably with error:
##[error]Principal 'web-API' could not be created. Only connections established with Active Directory accounts can create other Active Directory users.
Are the any other options we could use to create AD users in Azure SQL database? Any help would be appreciated.
How to solve above error ?
Please follow below steps:
Step 1: Go to Azure portal and find out your SQL server resource and you will find Active director left side under settings. Please click Set Admin. Now your Active Directory user account becomes Admin to the SQL server.
Step 2: Now use SSMS login with Active directory authentication if Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled. Otherwise, you can choose either 'Active directory - Integrated' or 'Active Directory - Password.'
Step 3: Create new logins which you can see in the below code:
CREATE USER [User1#Domain.com]
FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;
add user to roles for the particular database
ALTER ROLE dbmanager ADD MEMBER [User1#Domain.com];
ALTER ROLE loginmanager ADD MEMBER [User1#Domain.com];
Note : If you add a domain user that is configured for MFA, then for that user to log on using SSMS they should select the SSMS authentication option Azure Active Directory - Universal with MFA.
Regarding SqlAzureDacpacDeployment#1 follow this Link.
For more detail information refer this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-overview?view=azuresq
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/create-user-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-mfa-ssms-overview?view=azuresql

Creating a user that's not a cloudsqlsuperuser in Cloud SQL using Terraform

I'd like to limit the privileges afforded to any given user that I create via the Google Terraform provider. By default, any user created is placed in the cloudsqlsuperuser group, and any new database created has that role/group as owner. This gives any user created via the GCP console or google_sql_user Terraform resource total control over any database that is (or was) created in a similar fashion.
So far, the best we've been able to come up with is creating and altering a user via a single-run k8s job. This seems circuitous, at best, especially given that that resource must then be manually imported later if we want to manage it via Terraform.
Is there a better way to create a user that has privileges limited to a single, application-specific database?
I was puzzled by this behaviour too. Its probably not the answer you want but if you can use GCP IAM accounts the user gets created in the PostgreSQL instance with NO roles.
There are 3 types of account you can create from "gcloud sql users create" or terraform module "google_sql_user"
"CLOUD_IAM_USER", "CLOUD_IAM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" or "BUILT_IN"
The default is the built_in type if not specified.
CLOUD_IAM_USER and CLOUD_IAM_SERVICE_ACCOUNTS get created with NO roles.
We are using these as integration with IAM is useful in lots of ways (no managing passwords at database level is a major plus esp. when used in conjunction with SQL Auth Proxy).
BUILT_IN accounts (ie old school need a postgres username and password) for some reason are granted the "cloudsqlsuperuser" role.
In the absence of being allowed the superuser role on GCP this is about as privileged as you can get so to me (and you) seems a bizarre default.

Connecting Excel to a Azure Devops Query

I can not see my queries using Excel Team plugin. I get an error enter image description here
TF8001:An error occurred while accessing the work item database. Contact the administrator
Please use the administrator account to check these:
First, please check whether the current query allows your account to access it.
click on the Shared query-->Security
Make sure that the related options are allowed.
Second, make sure that your account has access to the current work item.
Project Settings--> Project configuration
Finally if you execute the query to tfs work item database, you should contact your Administrator to add permission for your account.

Identify login with Administrative access on SSAS instance using query or Powershell

Want to identify the users/login with Administrative access on server to migrate them to new server's. I have tried Select * from $System.TMSCHEMA_ROLE_MEMBERSHIPS but these give information regarding the particular database i need more at server level.
Ssas users are done quite differently from normal databases. Ssas uses only the active directory account of the user trying to connect.
On server level the only security is done in the properties of the server, there you can select active directory users with administrative access to the server.
On database level you can create roles, give them access to (part of a) database and link active directory users/groups to them.
Using the analysisservices namespace of microsoft you already mentioned you can look trough every role in every database and note the permissions.
As far as I know you can't actually use this namespace to see all the administrators of the user. But unless you have an unreasonable amount of administrators the best solution might be to just open the server in sql server management studio, click on properties, security and write down all the AD members manually.
I hope this helps you and good luck!

Get IBM Bluemix SQL Database service credentials before I bind it to application, is it possible?

When I bind SQL Database service to an application I can see credentials from application panel. But in case I've created a service and would like to work with it before I'm binding to any application, is it possible? I haven't find a way to see credentials, only internal tools to work with database.
Thank you.
Once you provision a new SQL Database instance, you need to enter the service details page in bluemix, find the 'Launch' button to go to the service page which will open up separately. On the service page go to Set up `-->` Connect Applications `-- >` Connection settings. You will get all the connection details except the username and password.
If you are not able to resolve the username and password then you have got two alternatives :-
1. Create a dummy application, bind it to your SQL Database, get the credentials from VCAP_SERVICES, and you can use them externally.
2. If you are looking for something only on `DB2` then you have another alternative called `DashDB` available in Bluemix. Here the settings are well defined, credentials are clearly available and will work even without binding the service to an application.
Hope this helps you. Thanks.