This chapter explains how to set up Oracle BI Presentation Services security so that users have only:

• Access to items in the Presentation Catalog that are appropriate to them.
• The ability to perform actions that are appropriate to them.

Use this chapter if your organization uses the Oracle Business Intelligence infrastructure or if your organization uses prebuilt applications, but has created additional content outside of the applications.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Overview of Oracle BI Presentation Services Security
• Types of Presentation Services Groups
• Administering Presentation Services Groups
• About Oracle BI Presentation Services User Authentication
• About Presentation Services Groups and Session Variables
• Inheritance of Oracle BI Presentation Services Permissions and Privileges
• About Setting Oracle BI Presentation Services Permissions
• Overview of the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration Screen
• Setting Permissions in Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration
• About Setting Oracle BI Presentation Services Privileges
• Setting Privileges in Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration
• Default Oracle BI Presentation Services Privilege Assignments
• Guidelines for Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services Security for the Presentation Catalog and Dashboards
• About Authorizing Users to Act for Others
• Process of Authorizing Users to Act for Others
• Enabling User-Initiated Administration Actions