Before You Begin with Oracle Analytics Cloud on Gen 2

When you order Oracle Analytics Cloud through Universal Credits, you automatically get access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gen 2 and other required services.

Here’s some information about how Oracle Analytics Cloud uses other services and what you need to do if you’re setting up Oracle Analytics Cloud for the first time.

Service	What is it for?	Do I need to do anything?
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM)	Compartments: You use compartments to organize resources on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Policies: You use IAM security policies to grant permissions. Domains: If available in your cloud account, you use identity domains to manage users and groups in your organization who will use Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.	Yes. Before you create your first Oracle Analytics Cloud instance, Oracle recommends that you set up one or more compartments in which you can deploy and secure your cloud resources. Setting Up Your Tenancy Managing Compartments Optionally, you can set up security policies that give other users permission to set up and manage Oracle Analytics Cloud instances. See Give Users Permissions to Manage Analytics Cloud Instances. If identity domains are available, you can add Oracle Analytics Cloud users and groups before you create the Oracle Analytics Cloud instance or after; you can decide. See Use Identity Domains to Set Up Users and Groups for Oracle Analytics Cloud.
Oracle Identity Cloud Service	If identity domains aren't available in your cloud account, you use Oracle Identity Cloud Service to manage the users and groups in your organization who will use Oracle Analytics Cloud. In most cases, Oracle Analytics Cloud is automatically federated with the primary Oracle Identity Cloud Service instance associated with your tenancy.	Yes. You can add users and groups before you create the Oracle Analytics Cloud instance or after; you can decide. See Use Oracle Identity Cloud Service to Set Up Users and Groups for Oracle Analytics Cloud. Note: If you want to federate with a secondary Oracle Identity Cloud Service instance or your tenancy is a government region where federation isn't set up automatically, you must federate with Oracle Identity Cloud Service manually. See Federate with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Manually.

Service

What is it for?

Do I need to do anything?

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Compartments: You use compartments to organize resources on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Policies: You use IAM security policies to grant permissions.

Domains: If available in your cloud account, you use identity domains to manage users and groups in your organization who will use Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.

Yes.

Before you create your first Oracle Analytics Cloud instance, Oracle recommends that you set up one or more compartments in which you can deploy and secure your cloud resources.

Optionally, you can set up security policies that give other users permission to set up and manage Oracle Analytics Cloud instances. See Give Users Permissions to Manage Analytics Cloud Instances.

If identity domains are available, you can add Oracle Analytics Cloud users and groups before you create the Oracle Analytics Cloud instance or after; you can decide. See Use Identity Domains to Set Up Users and Groups for Oracle Analytics Cloud.

Oracle Identity Cloud Service

If identity domains aren't available in your cloud account, you use Oracle Identity Cloud Service to manage the users and groups in your organization who will use Oracle Analytics Cloud.

In most cases, Oracle Analytics Cloud is automatically federated with the primary Oracle Identity Cloud Service instance associated with your tenancy.

Yes.

You can add users and groups before you create the Oracle Analytics Cloud instance or after; you can decide. See Use Oracle Identity Cloud Service to Set Up Users and Groups for Oracle Analytics Cloud.

Note: If you want to federate with a secondary Oracle Identity Cloud Service instance or your tenancy is a government region where federation isn't set up automatically, you must federate with Oracle Identity Cloud Service manually. See Federate with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Manually.