1. Managing Metadata Repositories for Oracle Analytics Server
  2. Build Your Metadata Repository
  3. Apply Data Access Security to Repository Objects
  4. Delete Users Command

Delete Users Command

Use the deleteusers command to upload a JSON file containing a list of users that you want to delete from a specific server instance.

You run the utility through a launcher script, datamodel.sh on Linux and datamodel.cmd on Windows.

If the domain is installed in default folder then the location of the launcher script looks like the following:

Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/Domain_Name/bitools/bin/datamodel.sh or datamodel.cmd on Windows

If the client install doesn't have domain names, the launcher script location is as follows:

Oracle_Home\bi\bitools\bin\datamodel.cmd

See What You Need to Know Before Using the Command and Overview of User and Application Role Commands.

Syntax

The deleteusers command takes the following parameters: 

deleteusers -T usernames.json [-L plugin list] -SI service_instance-U cred_username[-P cred_password] [-S hostname] [-N port_number] [-SSL] [-H]

Where

T specifies the name of the JSON input file containing the users to be deleted from the server instance. See the syntax in Create a JSON Delete Users Input File for information about the correct syntax for the application role input file.

L specifies a single plugin to run or to reverse the default plugin processing order. The plugins determine where the system applies the updates: to the repository, the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog, or both.

The following options are for L:

  • RPD: Specify this option to delete users in the repository, only.

  • WEBCAT: Specify this option to delete users in the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog. For example, you must use the-L WEBCAT option when deleting users from the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.

  • WEBCAT,RPD: Specify this option to reverse the default plugin run order. The default plugin run order is repository (RPD) and then Oracle BI Presentation Catalog (WEBCAT).

  • Omit this option to run the plugins in their default order, which is repository (RPD) then Oracle BI Presentation Catalog (WEBCAT).

SI specifies the name of the service instance.

U specifies a valid user's name to be used for authentication.

P specifies the password corresponding to the user's name that you specified for U. If you don't supply the password, then you're prompted for the password when the command is run. Oracle recommends that you include a password in the command only if you're using automated scripting to run the command.

S specifies the host name. Only include this option when you're running the command from a client installation.

N specifies the port number. Only include this option when you're running the command from a client installation.

SSL specifies to use SSL to connect to the Oracle WebLogic Server to run the command. Only include this option when you're running the command from a client installation.

H displays the usage information and exits the command. Use -H or run .sh without any parameters to display the help content.

Example

data-model-cmd.sh deleteusers -T usernames.json -SI bi -U weblogic -P password -S server1.us.example.com -N 777 -SSL

Create a JSON Delete Users Input File

Use the following syntax to create the JSON delete users input file.

{
    "Title":"Target Users",
    "Users":[
         { "name":"<user1>" },
         { "name":"<user2>" },
         { "name":"<user3>" }
    ]
}