About Authentication

You manage users and groups within the authentication provider.

Note:

Use your authentication provider tools to create users and groups and assign users to groups. You can't use the Oracle Analytics Server Console to create and manage users and groups.

Each Oracle Analytics Server installation has an associated Oracle WebLogic Server domain. Oracle Analytics Server delegates user authentication to the authentication providers configured for that domain.

The default authentication provider accesses user and group information that is stored in the LDAP server that is embedded in the Oracle WebLogic Server domain for Oracle Analytics Server. You can use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to create and manage users and groups in the embedded LDAP server.

You might choose to configure an authentication provider for an alternative directory. You can use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to view the users and groups in the directory. However, you must continue to use the appropriate tools to make any modifications to the directory. For example, if you reconfigure Oracle Analytics Server to use Oracle Internet Directory (OID), you can view users and groups in Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console but you must manage them using the OID Console. Refer to the BI certification matrix for information on supported LDAP directories.