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Types of Presentation Services Groups

Presentation Services groups are defined by the system or by an Oracle Business Intelligence administrator. When a user is assigned to a Presentation Services group, the user becomes a member of that group. Presentation Services group membership is used to determine the permissions and privileges that are associated with a user, either by explicit assignment or inheritance.

Presentation Services groups can also be thought of as roles for users because they avoid ambiguity about which defaults, preferences, and so on, to assign directly to the user.

This section contains the following topics:

• System-Defined Presentation Services Groups in Oracle BI Presentation Services
• Administrator-Defined Presentation Services Groups in Oracle BI Presentation Services

System-Defined Presentation Services Groups in Oracle BI Presentation Services

System-defined Presentation Services groups are preconfigured and required for successful Oracle BI Presentation Services operations. There are two types of system-defined Presentation Services groups:

• Everyone. By default, all users belong to the Everyone group. This is why the group does not appear on the Groups and Users screen of the application.
• Oracle BI Presentation Services Administrators. Members of the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administrators group are users who are Oracle BI Presentation Services administrators. The default member of this group is the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administrator. By default, only members of the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administrators group have access to administrative functions, but this can be changed by changing privilege assignments.

Administrator-Defined Presentation Services Groups in Oracle BI Presentation Services

Administrator-defined Presentation Services groups are created by the Oracle BI Presentation Services administrator. You can create an unlimited number of Presentation Services groups in Oracle BI Presentation Services.

NOTE:  For organizations that have prebuilt applications, preconfigured groups are set up with preconfigured responsibilities. For more information, see the documentation for the application.

The Presentation Services groups that you define should be used to categorize users who require similar access to dashboards and content. You should plan your Presentation Catalog folder structure and Presentation Services groups together to create a coherent security model. For guidelines, read Guidelines for Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services Security for the Presentation Catalog and Dashboards. For more information about how Presentation Services group membership can be passed from the Oracle BI Server, read About Oracle BI Presentation Services User Authentication.