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logon() Method


Use this method to authenticate the user. If authentication fails, an exception is thrown.

Signature

String logon(String username, String password)

Arguments
Description

String username

Specifies the user name to authenticate.

String password

Specifies the password for the user. If there is no password, leave this field empty (void).

Returns

This method returns the session ID and sets an HTTP session cookie. The session ID is used in other methods to identify the Oracle BI Web Services session.
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