Note: | This functionality does not apply if Essbase Server is in EPM System security mode. |
If you have permissions to Create/Delete Users and Groups, you can copy one or more users from one Essbase Server to another. Also, through copying an existing user you can create a new user based the properties of the existing user.
You can copy users as described in this topic or by migrating all users from one Essbase Server to another as part of application migration. See Migration Wizard. Passwords and security permissions are copied differently depending on the copy method you use.
When copying users to a different Essbase Server from the Users window (as described in this topic), keep in mind the following information:
You need Create/Delete Users and Groups permissions for the target server.
Before copying users to a different server, make sure that the target server is running.
On the target server, the copied users are assigned the same user type as on the source server (either Administrator or User). For example, if a user has permissions to Create/Delete Users and Groups and/or Create/Delete Applications on the source server, those permissions are carried over to the target server.
For users being copied, you can specify a new password to use on the target server.
Copied users are not assigned to any group on the target server, and groups to which copied users belong are not copied with the users.
To copy one or more users:
From Enterprise View or a custom view, select an Essbase Server and expand the Security node.
Under the Security node, double-click the Users node.
In the Users window, select the user or users that you want to copy.
Right-click and select Copy user(s).
In Copy User, select an Essbase Server. If you are copying multiple users, the target Essbase Server must be different than the source Essbase Server.
If you are copying a single user, you can enter a name for the user in the New user name text box.
If you are copying multiple users:
To continue working in Administration Services Console during the copy process, select Execute in the background.
To require users to change their passwords when they next log in to the target server, select Force password change next login.
To enable users to use their existing passwords the first time they log in, deselect Force password change next login.
If you are copying a single user, Use Essbase Server authentication is selected and cannot be cleared. This option sets Essbase native authentication for the user on the target server.
Enter and confirm the user password.
If you are creating a user by copying an existing user on the same Essbase Server, you must enter and confirm the password.
If you are copying multiple users, you must assign the same password to all users being copied.
If you are copying multiple users, select the Copy Administrators check box if you want to copy users with Administrator permissions.
If you want the new users to replace existing users with the same name, select Replace existing user(s).
Click OK.
Essbase copies the users.
After copying, you can edit a user's properties on the target server to change any of the following security properties:
Change the user type
Grant permissions for specific applications and databases to the new user
Manage the new user's membership in groups
Change the authentication model used
“User Management and Security in Essbase Native Security Mode” in the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide
create user (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference