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Decrypting Management Reporter Data in SQL

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Posted on by mgandley 200

I'm looking to pull data from the Management Reporter DataMart for analysis.  As part of this data pull, I presumably need to decrypt the encrypted SQL data in Management Reporter's tables.  Can anyone help me figure out how this can be done using T-SQL?

For example, I'm trying to decrypt data in the CellData column of the ReportLineFinancial table.  I have tried the decryptbycert and decryptbykey functions on the binary version of that column (CAST([CellData] AS varbinary(4000))) and have yet been unsuccessful.  I'm not sure which certificate / key to use to do this.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

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    Redbeard Profile Picture
    Redbeard 12,931 on at
    RE: Decrypting Management Reporter Data in SQL

    Matt,

    Have you considered deploying Dynamics GP Analysis Cubes as a source for the financial data, rather than Management Reporter?

  • mgandley Profile Picture
    mgandley 200 on at
    RE: Decrypting Management Reporter Data in SQL

    So I was able to open the appropriate keys using the following SQL code, however I'm still unable to decrypt the data successfully.

    --Open Connector Service Symmetric Key
    OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY ConnectorServiceSymmetricKey
    DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE ConnectorServiceCertificate
    --Open General User Symmetric Key
    OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY GeneralUserSymmetricKey
    DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE GeneralUserCertificate
    --Doesn't decrypt the data, returns all null
    SELECT 
    CellData,
    CAST(CellData AS Binary(8000)) AS BinaryCellData,
    CAST(DECRYPTBYKEY(CAST(CellData AS Binary(8000))) AS Varchar(255)) AS Data
    FROM vReportLineFinancial
    --Close open symmetric encryption keys.
    CLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY ConnectorServiceSymmetricKey
    CLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY GeneralUserSymmetricKey

    Still looking for ideas if anyone has any.

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