When running Business Rules utilities that prompt for passwords, you can set an option to suppress password prompts, for example, when running utilities in batch mode. To enable suppressing prompts, use the PasswordEncryption utility (PasswordEncryption.bat) to create a file that stores a password in encrypted form.
After you set this file up, run Business Rules utilities with the –p option as the first parameter in the command line to skip the password prompt and use the password from the encrypted file. Each password file contains one password; the password file is stored in the location specified when running the utility.
The PasswordEncryption utility uses a command line interface. By default, it is installed in: <HYPERION_HOME>\products\Essbase\eas\console\bin.
To enable suppressing password prompts in Business Rules utilities:
Enter this command from the bin directory, where PASSWORD_FILE is the full file path and file name for the password file:
Windows: PasswordEncryption.cmd PASSWORD_FILE
UNIX: PasswordEncryption.sh PASSWORD_FILE
When prompted, enter your password.
The masked password is encrypted and stored in the file and location specified in PASSWORD_FILE. For other Business Rules utilities with password prompts, you can use the –p option to skip the prompt and use the encrypted password from the password file.