You use the Externalize Users wizard to externalize users to Shared Services.
Note: | To run the wizard for Administration Services users, you must have native Administrator permissions and must be externalized to Shared Services. To run the wizard for Essbase users, you must have native Administrator (formerly Supervisor) permissions. |
The wizard detects users who are currently authenticated through native Essbase security and users who were externally authenticated before the current release. Then, the wizard attempts to match the users that it detected with 1) external users in the providers that were configured for authentication through Shared Services and 2) users in the native Shared Services directory.
If a match is not found, you can create the user as a native Shared Services user or delete the user. If a match is found, security information for the user is migrated to Shared Services. The wizard attempts to externalize all native users who are not externalized; therefore, you can run the wizard iteratively.
Note: | When you run a migration, all external authentication providers must be running. |
For information and tips about migrating Essbase to Shared Services, see the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide.
The following sections describe how to launch and use the wizard: