Configuring ACL in DevStudio(Offline):: 1.create a ACL component in Pipeline 2.Source for ACL:a.PropertyMapper b.DimensionServer 3.Click on "Rules" tab in ACL component, To add A acl ckick on New tab.U will be shown a block with if condition In first box enter a property name and in 2nd box enter exact value you r getting from Mdex,Then enter a value u want in USER/GROUP box. 4. In properties Menu add a property with any name to map with endeca property "Endeca.ACL.Allow.Read".for this property "Type" should be "Alpha" and check "Enable for record filters 5. In this process what happens is after forging,if the property which we mentioned in ACL matches with value mentioned in ACL component, then USer/GROUP value is assigned to Endeca.ACL.Allow.Read property. configuring ACLs for WebappOnlineProcess) reqired files are java.security,password.txt,Login.conf 1.In your application server put the following line of code in java.security file (location:@jre\lib\security) #login.config.url.1=file:${user.home}/.java.login.config login.config.url.1=file:C:/Endeca/MDEXEngine/etc/Login.conf make sure Login.conf file location is same as mentioned in java.security file. 2.IN Login.conf file we mention which login module (FileLogin.LDAP login ) we are using and location of password file. 3.pasword.txt is text file with fields username,password,group(roles/users) seperated by : username and password is fileds which we use for authenticatin in Webapp Group filed is comma separeted filed with the values we mentioned in Devstudio USER/Group field.