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Customizing the Appearance of the Oracle BI Presentation Services Login Screens

Users must log in to Oracle BI Presentation Services to gain access to Dashboards, Answers, and other Oracle BI Presentation Services components. The logon process provides a user interface to the Oracle BI Server authentication process.

When Oracle BI Presentation Services is accessed, the user is presented with the default Oracle BI Presentation Services login screen. The user must enter an appropriate Oracle Business Intelligence user name and password. When authentication is complete, the user gains access to the appropriate Oracle BI Presentation Services components, and the user's default dashboard displays. For more information, read About Oracle BI Presentation Services User Authentication.

To customize the appearance of the login screens

• Override the relevant messages in the file logoncontrolmessages.xml.

  NOTE:  The Not Logged On screen (kmsgAuthenticateNotLoggedOn), used for session timeout, appears only when users are not logged on and attempt to access a URL that does not support direct logon. For example, suppose a user accesses Answers and clicks the Log Off link. If the user clicks the browser's Back button and then clicks the My Account link, the user receives the Not Logged On screen.

For general information about customization the user interface with XML messages, read Customizing the Oracle BI Presentation Services User Interface Using XML Message Files.

NOTE:  This feature does not allow the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administrator to control how users are actually authenticated. For information about authentication options, read About Oracle BI Presentation Services User Authentication.