On this page, you select the models to be used to authenticate the Essbase Server users, and you select a user type for each user.
For each Essbase Server user, you select one of the following “Authentication model” options:
Essbase Server Authentication—Select this option to enable native Essbase Server authentication, and, thus, to create and store the user as part of Essbase Server security.
External Authentication—Select this option to enable external authentication for the user. The option is available only if external authentication is enabled on the Essbase Server instance.
Depending upon which model option you selected, you provide some, all, or none of the following information:
For users for whom you selected the Essbase Server Authentication option, enter and confirm the Essbase Server passwords that were entered on the Connections page. If you want to change a password, return to the Connections page.
For any Essbase Server instance for which you have Administrator or Create/Delete Users and Groups permissions, you can select the “Prompt user to change password” option. If the option is selected, the user is prompted to change the password at the next login. If the option is cleared, the user retains the assigned password. By default, the option is not selected.
For each Essbase Server user, in the “User type” group, you select one of the following options:
Administrator—Grants the user full access to all users, groups, and data on the Essbase Server instance
User—Grants no inherent permissions. Therefore, the user has no access, unless access is granted through Create/Delete permissions, group membership, application or database permissions, or filters.
You can grant the user “Create/delete users and groups” and/or “Create/delete applications” permissions. You can also grant the user permissions to specific applications and databases and manage the user's membership in groups (by editing the user's properties on the Essbase Server instance).