BI Administrator Permissions

If you're an Administrator you have lots of permissions already. But you might 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:

• Catalog groups

• Privileges

• Sessions

• Publisher scheduling and delivery

Assign the BI Administrator Role

1. Sign in as a Security Manager. For example, IT_SECURITY_MANAGER.

2. Click Tools > Security Console.

3. Select the Roles.

4. Click Create Role.

5. Fill in the required information.

   This is the Create Role page for entering basic information.

   

6. Click Next until you come to the Role Hierarchy page.

7. Click the Plus icon to bring up the Add Role Membership page.

8. Search All for BI Administrator Role.

   This is the Add Role Membership page for creating roles.

   

9. From the search result select BI Administrator Role and click Add Role Membership.

10. Click Next until you get to the Users page.

11. Add the users that you want to have the BI Administrator role. You can assign the BI administrator role to users later too.

12. Click Next.

13. Click Save and Close.

Assign Additional Users

After the BI Administrator role is created you can assign additional users to the same role.

1. Sign in as a Security Manager. For example, IT_SECURITY_MANAGER.

2. Click Tools > Security Console

3. Select the Users tab.

4. Search for the user to be assigned the BI Administrator role.

5. Select the user and choose Edit.

6. Click Add Role.

7. Search for the BI Administrator role you created in the steps for Assigning the BI Administrator Role.

8. Click Done.

9. Click Save and Close.