Allow access to Ad Hoc Cache for administrators (ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR)

Use-case

How to configure TIBCO JasperReports^® Server to allow access to Ad Hoc Cache for administrators (ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR)?

Resolution

By default, only superuser (ROLE_SUPERUSER) has access to Manage > Server Settings > Ad Hoc Cache menu.

In order to allow users with ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR role access the menu, the following steps should be performed:

• open WEB-INF/applicationContext-security-pro-web.xml configuration file
• locate bean class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.api.common.util.spring.GenericBeanUpdater"
• add ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR role to designerCacheFlow property:  designerCacheFlow=ROLE_SUPERUSER,ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR
• save the changes, restart the server

After these steps Ad Hoc Cache menu is accessible to users that belong to ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR ROLE using below URL:

http://localhost:8080/jasperserver-pro/flow.html?_flowId=designerCacheFlow

Solution tested with TIBCO JasperReports^® Server

AS-20191016, case #01735077