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Modifying the instanceconfig.xml File for Proxy Functionality

This task is a step in Process of Authorizing Users to Act for Others.

You can modify the Oracle BI Presentation Services configuration file (instanceconfig.xml) to specify the following information for proxy functionality:

• The name of the custom message template in the Custom Messages folder that contains the SQL to:
  • Get the list of target users that a proxy user can act as
  • Verify whether the proxy user can act as the target user
  • Get the list of proxy users that can act as the target user

    The default name is LogonParamSQLTemplate.

    For more information about the custom message template, see Creating a Custom Message Template for Proxy Functionality.

• The maximum number of target users to be listed in the User box in the Act As dialog box. If the number of target users for a proxy user exceeds this value, an edit box, where the proxy user can type the ID of a target user, is rendered rather than a drop-down list of target users.

  The default is 200.

You specify the name of the custom message template and the maximum number of target users in the <TemplateMessageName> and <MaxValues> elements, which appear between the <LogonParam> and</LogonParam> elements.

For example:

<LogonParam>

<TemplateMessageName>LogonParamSQLTemplate</TemplateMessageName>

<MaxValues>100</MaxValues>

</LogonParam>

NOTE:  The name that you specify in the <TemplateMessageName> element must match the name that you specify in the <WebMessage> element in the custom message file. For more information, see Creating a Custom Message Template for Proxy Functionality.