29 Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Administering the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Objectives After completing this lesson, you should be able to: Administer Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation security Administer the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services: Security Goals Login and access to Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services is restricted. Login rights and user authentication are governed through the Oracle BI Server (covered in other courses).

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Access and Actions Users can access only the data that is appropriate for them. –Achieved by applying access control in the form of permissions Users can perform only those actions that are appropriate to them. –Achieved by applying user rights in the form of privileges

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Accessing the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration Page To open the Administration page, click the Settings link and then select Administration in the drop-down list.

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration Page Used to manage Presentation Catalog groups and users, the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog, Interactive Dashboards, and account (user and group) privileges

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Managing Presentation Catalog Groups and Users Delete group Edit group 1 2 3

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved System-Defined Presentation Catalog Groups Everyone Authenticated Users Presentation Server Administrators

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Creating a New Catalog Group The Presentation Server administrator can create an unlimited number of Web groups

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Adding Members to a Group Click the Edit button for the group whose membership you want to change

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Web Permissions Control access to shared information in: –Presentation Catalog items –Interactive dashboards Are configured in the Manage Catalog window

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Presentation Catalog: Structure Click the Manage Presentation Catalog link to view and manage Presentation Catalog security. Select... to see dashboards. Drill down on dashboard to see dashboard content. Drill down on shared folder to see folder content. Drill down on _Portal folder...

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Presentation Catalog: Permission Types No Access Read Change/Delete Full Control Traverse Folder

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Setting Permissions by Using the Manage Catalog Screen Select appropriate permission inheritance. Change permission type. Delete users or groups

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Administering the Presentation Catalog Administering items in the Presentation Catalog Copying and pasting between catalogs Moving a Presentation Catalog Creating a new Presentation Catalog

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Administering Items in the Presentation Catalog Use the Manage Catalog screen to administer shared Presentation Catalog folders and items. Create new folder Permissions Properties Rename Delete Permissions Copy/Move

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Copying and Pasting Between Catalogs Use Catalog Manager to copy and paste items between catalogs. Use Catalog Manager to open both catalogs. Catalog A Catalog B Copy and paste between catalogs.

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Moving a Presentation Catalog Move a Presentation Catalog to another system or to another folder on the same system (for example, from development to test). 1 2

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Creating a New Presentation Catalog Create a new Presentation Catalog without content

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Summary In this lesson, you should have learned how to: Administer Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation security Administer the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved Practice 29: Overview This practice covers the following topics: Administering users and groups Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog

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