KB440940: How to simulate Trusted Authentication for MicroStrategy Web 9.x and 10.x using FiddlerScript in Fiddler

Use the following steps to simulate trusted authentication using FiddlerScript:

1. Fiddler can be obtained from http://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler. Download the tool and install it in the client machine you will be using.
2. In the Strategy Web 10.x Administrator make sure that Trusted Authentication is enabled under Default Properties>Login
3. In this page select the Trusted Authentication Provider that wants to be simulated; choose from Siteminder, Tivoli, PingFederate, Custom SSO and Oblix.

1. Make sure a user in Strategy has been linked under the User Editor – Authentication – Trusted Authenticated Request.

1. Open Fiddler and go to Rules – Customize Rules:

1. Search for the “static function OnBeforeRequest(oSession: Session)” line. Add the following line inside the call:

oSession.oRequest["Header_Name"] = "Header_value";

• SiteMinder: “SM_USER”
• Oblix: “OAM_REMOTE_USER”
• Tivoli: “IV_USER”
• PingFederate: “PF_AUTH_SUBJECT”

The Header_value will be the User ID for the Strategy user that was added in step 5. An example of how the line will look (with the options that are shown in this article) is shown below:

oSession.oRequest["SM_USER"] = "cindy";

1. Save the changes that were done to the rules and start capturing the traffic with Fiddler.
2. Go to Strategy Web and use trusted authentication to login to the project of your choice. The Strategy user linked to Trusted ID set in the value parameter should now be logged in.

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