3 Alternative Security Options

This chapter describes alternative security options for BI Publisher, including Single Sign-on (SSO), LDAP options, Oracle Access Manager (OAM), and Microsoft Active Directory.

It covers the following topics:

• About Alternative Security Options

• Authentication and Authorization Options

• Understanding BI Publisher Users, Roles, and Permissions

• About Privileges to Use Functionality

• About Catalog Permissions

• How Functional Privileges and Permissions Work Together

• About Access to Data Sources

• Configuring Users, Roles, and Data Access

• Security and Catalog Organization

• Using LDAP with BI Publisher

• Integrating with Microsoft Active Directory

• Configuring BI Publisher with Single Sign-on (SSO)

• Configuring SSO in an Oracle Access Manager Environment

• Setting Up Oracle Single Sign-On