{"title":"Built-in Excel security","url":"https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/reporting/reports/report-designer/creating-reports/built-in-excel-security/","link":"/onestopreporting/reporting/reports/report-designer/creating-reports/built-in-excel-security/","description":"Learn how to use Excel security features without disrupting report generation.","content":"\u003cp\u003eExcel has two different built-in security features:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first is security on the Excel \u003cem\u003efile level\u003c/em\u003e. You can protect the entire file by requiring a password to open and modify the workbook. This type of security does not interact with \u003cstrong\u003eReport Designer\u003c/strong\u003e and purely restricts who can access the report definition. For more information on security on the file level, refer to the appropriate \u003ca href=\"https://support.office.com/en-us/article/protect-an-excel-file-7359d4ae-7213-4ac2-b058-f75e9311b599?ui=en-US\u0026amp;rs=en-US\u0026amp;ad=US\" rel=\"external\"\u003eMicrosoft Excel\u003c/a\u003e documentation.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe second type of built-in security for Excel is the \u003cem\u003eprotect worksheet\u003c/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eprotect workbook\u003c/em\u003e feature. By using either of these features, you can \u003cem\u003elock\u003c/em\u003e the worksheet cells so that users may not modify the contents of locked cells unless the worksheet or workbook is unprotected. If this feature is used, there is a direct interaction with the \u003cstrong\u003eReport Designer\u003c/strong\u003e reading the protected report definition. Therefore, report designers \u003cem\u003emust\u003c/em\u003e provide the password used to lock the worksheet/workbook in the \u003cstrong\u003eReport Properties\u003c/strong\u003e -\u0026gt; \u003cstrong\u003eProtection\u003c/strong\u003e tab (see figure below). Otherwise, the report will not be generated and an error message will be shown.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"/onestopreporting/reporting/reports/report-designer/creating-reports/built-in-excel-security/img/en/Built-in-Excel-security.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","children":[]}