Managing Users and Groups

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This topic does not apply if Essbase Server is in EPM System security mode.

You can grant security permissions to individual users and to groups of users on an Essbase Server. You can assign users to a security group so that they can share identical minimum permissions assigned at the group level. Users inherit all permissions of the group and can also have permissions that exceed those of the group. Users and groups are managed on a server-by-server basis; users and groups defined on an Essbase Server exist for all applications and databases on the server.

Permissions granted to users and groups take precedence over minimum permissions granted at the application or database level. For more information about security permissions, see About Security and Permissions.

To manage security for users and groups, you may need to perform some or all of the following tasks:

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Create users and groups on Essbase Servers and manage external authentication.

View current users and groups for the server.

Manage group membership.

Grant permissions to users and groups for specific applications and databases.

Manage active user sessions.

Manage user locks on data.

Copy and migrate users and groups, and propagate passwords to other servers.

Edit security properties for users and groups.

Rename users and groups.

Delete users and groups.

Manage password longevity and disabled user names.

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