About Authentication

You manage users and groups within the authentication provider.

Each Oracle Business Intelligence 12c installation has an associated Oracle WebLogic Server domain. Oracle Business Intelligence delegates user authentication to the authentication providers configured for that domain.

The default authentication provider accesses user and group information that is stored in the LDAP server that is embedded in the Oracle WebLogic Server domain for Oracle Business Intelligence. You can use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to create and manage users and groups in the embedded LDAP server.

You might choose to configure an authentication provider for an alternative directory. You can use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to view the users and groups in the directory. However, you must continue to use the appropriate tools to make any modifications to the directory. For example, if you reconfigure Oracle Business Intelligence to use Oracle Internet Directory (OID), you can view users and groups in Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console but you must manage them using the OID Console. Refer to the BI certification matrix for information on supported LDAP directories.

See Managing Security Using a Default Security Configuration.

To learn about Oracle WebLogic Server domains and authentication providers, see Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (12.2.1).