Working with Application Groups

Generally, when you deploy an application, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System places the application in an existing application group of your choice or into the default application group.

An application group is a container for EPM System applications. For example, an application group may contain a Oracle Hyperion Planning application. While an application can belong to only one application group, an application group can contain multiple applications.

EPM System products place their applications into their own application groups. If an EPM System product does not create its own application group, you can select one; for example, Default Application Group, to organize the applications.

Applications that are registered with Oracle Hyperion Shared Services but are not added to an application group are listed under the Default Application Group node in the View pane. You can provision users and groups with roles from applications listed in the Default Application Group node and then move the application to an application group without losing provisioning information. You can create custom application groups, if needed.

Note:

You must be a Shared Services Administrator or Project Manager to create and manage application groups. Shared Services Administrators can work with all registered applications; a Project Manager can work only with the applications for which that person is the provisioning manager.

Creating Application Groups

During application group creation, you can also assign applications to the new application group.

To create an application group:

1. Launch Oracle Hyperion Shared Services Console.

   See Launching Shared Services Console.

2. In the View pane, right-click Application Groups, and then select New.

   The New Application Group screen opens.

3. For Name, enter a unique application group name, and, for Description, enter an optional description.

4. To assign applications to this application group:

   • From List Applications in Application Group, select an application group that contains the application that you want to assign.

   • Click Update List.

     The Available Applications list displays the applications that you can assign to the application group.

   • From Available Applications, select the applications to assign to the application group, and then click Add.

   • To remove an assigned application, from Assigned Applications, select the application to remove, and then click Remove. To remove all applications that you assigned in the current session, click Reset.

   1. From List Applications in Application Group, select an application group that contains the application that you want to assign.

   2. Click Update List.

      The Available Applications list displays the applications that you can assign to the application group.

   3. From Available Applications, select the applications to assign to the application group, and then click Add.

   4. To remove an assigned application, from Assigned Applications, select the application to remove, and then click Remove. To remove all applications that you assigned in the current session, click Reset.

5. Click Finish.

6. Click Create Another to create another application group, or click OK to close the status screen.

Modifying Application Group Properties

You can modify all properties and settings of an application group, including application assignments.

Note:

You can also add applications to application groups by moving them from another application group. See Moving Applications.

To modify an application group:

1. Launch Shared Services Console.

   See Launching Shared Services Console.

2. From the View pane, select Application Groups.

3. On the Browse tab, right-click the application group, and then select Open.

4. Modify the application group properties as needed.

   See Creating Application Groups for information on assigning or removing applications.

5. Click Save.

Deleting Application Groups

Deleting an application group removes the association of applications with the application group, removes provisioning assignments from applications, and deletes the application group.

To delete an application group:

1. Launch Shared Services Console.

   See Launching Shared Services Console.

2. In the View pane, right-click the application group, and then select Delete.

3. Click Yes.

Note:

You cannot delete the Default Application Group or the Foundation Application Group. You also cannot delete the File system node in Shared Services Console.