BI Administrator Permissions
If you're an Administrator you have lots of permissions already. But you migjt want to perform high-level tasks in BI as well. To get these extra permissions you need the BI Administrator role. BI Administrators have access to these additional things:
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Catalog groups
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Privileges
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Sessions
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Publisher scheduling and delivery
Assign the BI Administrator Role
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Sign in as a Security Manager. For example, IT_SECURITY_MANAGER.
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Click Tools > Security Console.
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Select the Roles.
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Click Create Role.
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Fill in the required information.
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Click Next until you come to the Role Hierarchy page.
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Click the Plus icon to bring up the Add Role Membership page.
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Search All for BI Administrator Role.
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From the search result select BI Administrator Role and click Add Role Membership.
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Click Next until you get to the Users page.
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Add the users that you want to have the BI Administrator role. You can assign the BI administrator role to users later too.
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Click Next.
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Click Save and Close.
Assign Additional Users
After the BI Administrator role is created you can assign additional users to the same role.
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Sign in as a Security Manager. For example, IT_SECURITY_MANAGER.
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Click Tools > Security Console
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Select the Users tab.
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Search for the user to be assigned the BI Administrator role.
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Select the user and choose Edit.
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Click Add Role.
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Search for the BI Administrator role you created in the steps for Assigning the BI Administrator Role.
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Click Done.
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Click Save and Close.