Specifying System Settings

Only administrators can specify application-wide settings. Only the application owner can set the E-mail Server and Password for Synchronizing With Essbase.

  To specify system settings:

  1. Select Administration, then Application, then Settings.

  2. For Show, select Advanced Settings.

  3. Click Go.

  4. Select System Settings.

  5. Set options:

    Table 60. System Settings

    Option

    Description

    E-mail Server

    The server name that hosts e-mail services for application users, such as mail.oracle.com

    E-mail Character Set

    The character set for e-mail messages:

    UTF-8: Unicode encoding format

    Regional Setting: The system's regional setting

    Shared Services URL

    The URL for the Shared Services server. Click Register Shared Services and assign the application to an application group (see Assigning Applications to Shared Services Application Groups).

    Display Users’ Full Names

    Yes: Show full names (such as Victoria Hennings) and user names (such as VHennings). No: Do not display. With this selected, two users cannot have identical full names.

    Enable Use of the Application for

    Determine whether users can access the application in maintenance mode, such as during backups. See Limiting Use of Applications.

    Enable Display of Substitution Variables

    Set how substitution variables display in the Member Selection dialog box when users respond to runtime prompts in business rules:

    • Display All: Display all substitution variables

    • Display None: Do not display substitution variables

    • Enable Filtering: Display only substitution variables that are valid for the runtime prompt

    Select User

    Assign an administrator as the application owner. (By default, the person who creates the application is the application owner. The owner may grant ownership to another administrator.)

    Calculation Module

    Select whether to use Business Rules or Calculation Manager as the calculation module.

    • If, after creating or modifying business rules, you switch from Business Rules to Calculation Manager, you can migrate the business rules through the Calculation Manager user interface.

    • If, after creating or modifying business rules, you switch from Calculation Manager to Business Rules, the rules are not accessible in Business Rules. You can, however, switch back to the Calculation Manager calculation module to use the rules.

    Tip:

    To evaluate which calculation module you prefer before committing to it for multiple applications, first experiment with one calculation module on one application.

    Note:

    Performance Management Architect applications must use Calculation Manager, so for those applications, the Calculation Manager option is selected and cannot be changed.

  6. To specify system settings for each application, repeat these steps, then click Save.