Configuring access to a data source in the Data Source Library

By default, any user who can create or manage an application can create a data set from a data source in the Data Source Library. You can, however, restrict access to the data source to only allow certain roles, users, or user groups to use the data source.

In the Data Source Library list, the Access column indicates whether access to the data source is restricted:

• If set to Available to All, then any user can use this data source to create a new application, and any application administrator can use this data source to add a new data set to their application.
• If set to Restricted, then only specific users, user groups, or user roles can use this data source to create a data set.

Note that this only controls whether a user can create an application from the data source. It does not control access to the specific data. For Oracle BI data sources, access to the data is controlled using the permissions in the RPD file.

To configure access to a data source:

1. On the Data Source Library, click the value in the Access column.

   The data source access dialog is displayed.

   
   
   
2. On the data source access dialog, to restrict access to a data source, click the Restrict access to selected roles and users radio button.

   The Roles, Users, and User Groups tabs are enabled.

3. On the Roles tab, by default, the Administrator role is added to the Selected Roles list and cannot be removed. To add and remove other roles:
   1. To add a role to the list of roles that can use the data source, drag the role from the available list to the selected list.

      You can use the filter field to find a specific role.

   2. To remove a role from the selected list, click its delete icon.
   3. To clear the selected list, click the Clear All button.
4. On the Users tab:
   1. To add a user to the list of users who can use the data source, drag the user from the available list to the selected list.

      You can use the filter field to find a specific user.

   2. To remove a user from the selected list, click its delete icon.
   3. To clear the selected list, click the Clear All button.

   Note that if a user has a role or belongs to a user group that you have granted access to, then they will have access to this data source, even if they are not in the list of users that you have granted access to.

5. On the User Groups tab:
   1. To add a user group to the list of groups that can use the data source, drag the group from the available list to the selected list.

      You can use the filter field to find a specific user group.

   2. To remove a user group from the selected list, click its delete icon.
   3. To clear the selected list, click the Clear All button.
6. To save the changes to the data source access, click Save.