Creating a Connection to Use Basic Authentication

  1. Log into the source environment.

  2. From the Home page, click Tools, and then click Connections.

  3. On Manage Connections, click Create.

  4. Click Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management

  5. In Connection Name enter name for this navigation link; for example, Consolidation Application.

  6. Enter an optional description for the link.

  7. For Authentication Type, select Basic Authentication.

  8. In URL, enter the secure URL of the target environment instance; for example, https://your-target-host-url.com. This is the URL that you normally use to sign in to the target environment instance.

  9. Use Service Administrator and Password to specify the credentials of a Service Administrator.

    Note:

    • These credentials are used only to define and validate the navigation link. When users log in, their own role and access will be applied to access the target environment.

    • Do not prefix user names with the domain name for connections to other Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM environments. However, the domain name is still needed for connections to other external Web services. See Connecting to External Web Services.

    Values for Domain field is automatically populated based on the URL you enter. If there is no domain in the URL, then the Domain field is left blank.

  10. Click Validate to verify that the connection works.
  11. Click Save and Close.