This section explains typical Essbase-related security configuration when Essbase is installed with Oracle Business Intelligence. You might also refer to this section if you maintain Essbase security in an existing installation of Oracle Business Intelligence.
The Oracle Business Intelligence Installer configures Essbase to use Oracle Fusion Middleware security for authentication and authorization. You can secure an Essbase environment to provide equivalent functionality to Essbase secured through Hyperion Shared Services. Exceptions to this are documented in the Oracle Business Intelligence Certification Matrix.
Essbase installed using the Oracle Business Intelligence installer cannot use Native Essbase or Hyperion Shared Services (HSS) security. However, when you install Essbase with Oracle Business Intelligence, the Common Security Service (CSS) token-based identity assertion continues to be available and enables Oracle Business Intelligence to connect to Essbase data sources (both Essbase installed with Oracle Business Intelligence and Essbase installed with EPM) with the credentials of the end user. For this mechanism to work with an Essbase data source external to the Oracle Business Intelligence installation, you must follow the documentation. Also note that if multiple Essbase data sources are being used by Oracle Business Intelligence and there is a requirement to use this mechanism, all Essbase data sources must use the same shared secret for producing CSS tokens. See Section Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence to Use Hyperion SSO Tokens when Communicating with Essbase, Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning, and EPM Workspace.
The Oracle Business Intelligence installer pre-configures core users, groups, application roles, credentials, permissions, and privileges for Essbase. There is no automated migration of security artifacts from Essbase installed with the EPM System Installer to Essbase installed with Oracle Business Intelligence. You must configure the equivalent authentication and authorization mechanism for Essbase when it is installed with Oracle Business Intelligence.