3.4 Unable to Download and Save the Reports From the Identity Reporting User Interface

Issue: On Linux platforms, the download and save operations fail while trying to download the reports from the Identity Reporting user interface. (Bug 1171715)

Workaround: To work around this issue, follow one of the below procedures:

Modifying the web.xml file

  1. Log in to the server where Identity Reporting is installed.

  2. Navigate to the /opt/netiq/idm/apps/tomcat/conf/ directory.

  3. Modify the web.xml file and add the following under the httpHeaderSecurity filter.

    <init-param>
           <param-name>blockContentTypeSniffingEnabled</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
    </init-param>
  4. Save the web.xml file.

  5. Restart Tomcat.

    systemctl restart netiq-tomcat.service

Downloading the reports from CDN website

  1. Log in to the server where Identity Reporting is installed.

  2. Download the reports from Download website.

NOTE:For convenience, the IDM_Reports.zip is included in the Identity Manager 4.8.1 ISO.

  • Linux: <ISO mounted location>/reporting/packages/IDM_Reports.zip

  • Windows: <ISO mounted location>\IdentityReporting\Patch\IDM_Reports.zip