Note: | This functionality does not apply if Essbase Server is in EPM System security mode. |
If you have Create/Delete Users and Groups permissions for an Essbase Server, you can change a user's password and then propagate the new password to other Essbase Servers. You need Create/Delete Users and Groups permissions for both the source and the target servers. The user whose password you are changing must exist on the target servers, and the target servers must be running.
If you use Administration Services to change a user's Essbase Server password, and if the user is also an Administration Services user, the user's Essbase Administration Server user properties (Essbase Servers tab) are updated automatically. The user's Essbase Administration Server password is not affected.
If you change a user's Essbase Server password outside Administration Services (for example, through MaxL or ESSCMD), to synchronize the passwords, you must manually update the user's Essbase Administration Server user properties.
To change a user's Essbase Server password and propagate the new password to other Essbase Servers:
From Enterprise View or a custom view, under the appropriate Essbase Server node, expand the Security node.
Under the Security node, double-click the Users node.
In the Users window, select a user.
Right-click and select Propagate password.
In the Propagate Password to Essbase Servers dialog box, enter and confirm the user's new password.
In the Available list box, select the servers to which you want to propagate the user's password and click the single-arrow button that points toward the Selected list box.
To move all servers in the Available list box to the Selected list box, click the double-arrow button.
When all servers to which you want to propagate the password are listed in the Selected list box, click OK.
Essbase changes the user's password on the selected servers and, if applicable, updates the user's Essbase Administration Server user profile.