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## 5.15.1 About Database Monitor Access Requirements

Ensure that your account has the database administrator (DBA) role, Database Monitoring is enabled in the instance, and your user name is uppercase at sign-in.

To access the Database Monitor page, you meet the following requirements:

- Your database account that has been granted a database administrator (DBA) role.
- Database Monitoring is enabled for the instance. Your intance administrator can enable this from Instance Administration or use `APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN.SET_PARAMETER` to set the `ALLOW_DB_MONITOR` parameter value.

When all requirements are met, sign in using the database account with DBA role with an UPPERCASE user name.

See Also:

- Configuring Database Monitoring in Oracle APEX Administration Guide
- SET_PARAMETER Procedure in Oracle APEX App Builder User’s Guide

Parent topic: Monitoring the Database