Creating Projects

  To create a project:

1. Launch the Administration console by selecting Start > Programs > Hyperion > Administration Services > Start Administration Services Console.

2. In the Analytic Administration Services Login dialog box, enter a server name and your user name and password to log on to Administration Services.

3. In the left navigation frame of Administration Services, expand the Business Rules node. Then expand the Repository View node.

4. From the Projects folder, select New Project.

   The Contents tab for the project is displayed.

5. Click the Add to Project button to add rules, sequences, macros, and variables to the project.

   The Add to Project dialog box is displayed. It contains lists of the business rules, sequences, macros, and variables that you can add to the project.

6. In the Add to Project dialog box, select the rules, sequences, macros, and variables that you want to add to the project by selecting the check boxes next to their names. Then click OK.

   The objects that you select are listed on the Contents tab.

7. On the Project Info tab, enter a name, description, and owner for the project. Also, specify whether the project should be locked from editing by selecting the Locked check box.

8. On the Access Privileges tab, click the Add button to grant access to the project.

   The Add Privilege dialog box is displayed.

9. In the Add Privilege dialog box, do the following:

   1. From the Privilege drop-down list, select the type of privilege you want to grant:

      • Validate or launch – Enables users to validate and launch the business rules and sequences in the project.

      • Modify rule repository objects – Enables users to modify the business rules, sequences, macros, and variables in the project.

      • Cannot validate or launch – Prevents users from validating or launching the business rules and sequences in the project.

      • Cannot modify rule repository objects – Prevents users from modifying the business rules, sequences, macros, and variables in the project.

   2. If you selected Validate or launch or Cannot Validate or Launch in step a, from the Location drop down list, do one of the following:

      • Choose All Locations to enable the users to validate and launch the business rules and sequences against all databases on the server. (This is the default selection.)

      • Choose Select Location to select a database against which the users can validate and launch the business rules and sequences. Then in the Select Database Outline dialog box, select a database and click OK.

   3. In the Available area, select users and/or groups of users for whom you want to add this access privilege. (You can select multiple users and groups using Shift + Click.) Then use the arrow keys to move users and groups among the Selected and Available areas of the dialog box. When you move users and groups to the Selected area of the dialog box, these users and groups have access to the project.

   4. Click OK to save the access privilege and return to the Access Privileges tab.

10. Click Save to save the new project.