API Report Execution Fails with vIDM Insufficient Permissions in Aria Operations.

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

To run reports using the vROPS API with a vIDM account encounters the error: HTTP Status 403 – Forbiddenbody {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;} h1, h2, h3, b {color:white;background-color:#525D76;} h1 {font-size:22px;} h2 {font-size:16px;} h3 {font-size:14px;} p {font-size:12px;} a {color:blac
k;} .line {height:1px;background-color:#525D76;border:none;}HTTP Status 403 – Forbidden

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Cause

Insufficient permissions.

Resolution

Assign the following permissions to the user:

Click on Administration > Control Panel> Access control> Login Interactively
Administration > REST APIs > 'All other Read, Write APIs', Read access to APIs, Read access to metering APIs, Read access to Server Tagging API, Write access to metering APIs, Write access to Server Tagging API
Administration > Trusted certificates> Icons 
Administration > Home, Launchpad Page, Overview
Administration > Inventory> Object browser> Object detail pages, Alerts, Details, Metrics, Capacity, Compliance, Logs, Summary, Inventory Menu
Administration > Operations> Reports, Template Management, Delete, Execute, Read, Reports Menu, Schedule, View Tenant Reports
Administration > Operations> Views, Render, Views Menu, Operations menu

Additional Information

Note: Not all report permissions are required; for example, deleting a report only necessitates specific rights, not the entire suite of report permissions.