You use the User Info tab to enter, modify, or view basic information about an Essbase Server user.
In the following boxes, if you are creating a user, you can enter or select information. For existing users, the boxes are read only.
User name—Usernames are limited in length (see the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide), are not case-sensitive, and can contain special characters.
Essbase Server—The Essbase Server instance on which the user is being created or was created
From the “Authentication type” group, you select the type of authentication that is applied to the user:
Use Essbase Server authentication—When selected, users are created and stored as part of Essbase security. This option is the default setting.
If the “Use Essbase Server authentication” option is selected, you must perform the following actions:
In the Password and Confirm Password boxes, enter and confirm the user's password. Passwords are not case-sensitive.
Select or clear the “Prompt user to change password” option. Selecting the option enables users to change their passwords at first login. Clearing the option requires users to retain their assigned passwords. If you select the option, you can assign a default password to all new users and allow users to select their own passwords when they begin using Essbase.
Use single sign on—If single sign on is selected, user login information is stored in a corporate authentication repository that is supported by EPM System security.
If the “Use single sign on” option is selected, you can click the Search button to search for an externally stored username.
If you have Administrator or Create/Delete Users and Groups permissions, you can select the “Disable user name” option to disable a username and prevent the user from connecting to Essbase Server. If you have Administrator permissions, you can clear the option to re-enable a disabled username. See Disabling User Names
In the “User type” group, you select one of the following user types. Only the user types that you have permission to create are available.
Administrator—Users have full access to all users, groups, and data on Essbase Server.
User—Users have no inherent permissions; that is, user permissions, if any, are granted through create/delete permissions, group membership, application or database permissions, or filters.
Create/delete permissions include “Create/delete users and groups” permissions, which enable users to create and delete users and groups that have permissions equal to or lower than their own permissions, and “Create/delete applications” permissions, which enable users to create and delete applications and to control access to databases within applications.
Application access type—Users can access Essbase applications (if the Essbase option is selected), Planning applications (if the Planning option is selected), or Essbase and Planning applications (if both options are selected). You can select or clear only the Essbase option. The other options are read only.
Users created using an Essbase administration tool, such as Administration Services or MaxL, are assigned the “Essbase” application access type. Users created using the Oracle Hyperion Planning, Fusion Edition interface are assigned the “Planning” application access type.