A number of inconsistencies can develop between the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog and the policy store.
The following sections describe the usual ways this can occur and how to resolve the inconsistencies:
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Behavior
After an application role is deleted from the policy store the role name continues to appear in the Oracle BI Administration Tool when working in offline mode. But the role name no longer appears in Presentation Services and users are no longer granted the permissions associated with the deleted role.
Cause
References to the deleted role name persist in the repository enabling the role name to appear in the Administration Tool when working in offline mode.
Action
An administrator runs the Consistency Checker in the Oracle BI Administration Tool in online mode to remove references in the repository to the deleted application role name.
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Behavior
After an application role is renamed in the policy store the new name does not appear in the Administration Tool in offline mode. But the new name immediately appears in lists in Presentation Services and the Administration Tool. Users continue to see the permissions the role grants them.
Cause
References to the original role name persist in the repository enabling the role name to appear in the Administration Tool when working in offline mode.
Action
An administrator either restarts the BI Server or runs the Consistency Checker in the Administration Tool to update the repository with the new role name.