Credentials used by the system are stored in a single secure credential store. Oracle Wallet is the default credential store file (cwallet.sso).
The credential store alternatively can be LDAP-based, and Oracle Internet Directory is the supported LDAP server in this release. You can configure and administer LDAP-based credential stores using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control or WLST commands.
Each credential is uniquely identified by a map name and a key name. Each map contains a series of keys, and each key is a credential. The combination of map name and key name must be unique for all credential store entries.
BI Publisher supports the following credential maps:
oracle.bi.system: Contains the credentials that span the entire BI Publisher platform.
oracle.bi.publisher: Contains the credentials used by only BI Publisher.
BI Publisher supports the following credential types:
Password: Encapsulates a user name and a password.
Generic: Encapsulates any customized data or arbitrary token, such as public key certificates.
To help you get started with your development environment, default credentials are added to the file-based credential store during installation. Note that BI Publisher credentials such as user passwords are stored in the identity store and managed with its corresponding administrative interface.
If using Oracle Business Intelligence as a data store, BI Publisher establishes system communication with it as BI system user.
Oracle Business Intelligence uses BI system user for trusted system communication. To change the password of BI system user in the credential store (oracle.bi.system credential map), see Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.