About Managing the User Point of View

In Financial Reporting, users have a user point of view for each data source that they can access. Administrators can import, export, or delete the user point of view for one or more users.

To change user POVs for multiple users and data sources, you modify and import an XML file that contains the POVs for users and data sources. The easiest way to create the layout of the XML file is to export the user POVs from Financial Reporting. You then modify the XML file and import the user POVs back into Financial Reporting.

Administrators can also delete POVs for multiple users and data sources if the user POVs are corrupt. User POVs can be corrupt due to changes to data source outlines, such as adding, removing, or renaming dimensions.

Note:

In order to import, export, or delete POVs, you must ensure that the User Point of View preference is set to On in the Financial Reporting, General preferences. To do this, open the Explore Repository, and select File, and then Preferences.