Setting up authentication on your laptop to use Data Reporter in Oracle APEX 26.1+
The Data Reporter section in Oracle APEX 26.1 is for business users that normally work with this in a production environment. A production environment should always be configured to leverage some form of Single Sign-On (SSO). To enforce this, Data Reporter features aren't available in a new APEX instance where APEX authentication is set by default for Data Reporter authentication. When you would like to demo Data Reporter in your personal APEX enrvironment, setting up SSO might not always be an option, so how can you setup the authentication in a way that lets you use Data Reporter? Here are the steps to undertake. Logon to the internal workspace. Unser "Security Settings", configure the HTTP Header Variable Authentication Scheme. Important here is to set the HTTP Header Variable Name and set "Action If Username is Empty" to "Display Error". You can now set Data Reporter Authentication Scheme to "HTTP Header Variable". Install the Google Exte...