Essbase Native Security Mode

For Essbase Servers, you can continue to use Essbase native authentication if you want to continue managing users and groups as you did in previous releases. If Essbase runs in EPM System security mode, Essbase Administration Server must also. However, Essbase Administration Server can run in EPM System security mode with Essbase running in Essbase native security mode.

For Provider Services, the security mode must match that of Administration Services. For example, if Administration Services is in EPM System security mode, then Provider Services must be in EPM System security mode. If Administration Services is in native mode, then Provider Services must be in native mode.

In Essbase native security mode, you continue to manage users via Administration Services Console. Any users created in EPM System security mode are not visible from the console when Essbase is running in native security mode. In Essbase native mode, you can continue to create native and external users as you did before; external users in native mode are still authenticated via Shared Services but cannot be provisioned using the Shared Services Console.