Administering the Oracle Business
Intelligence Presentation Catalog
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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
• Administer Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation
security
• Administer the Oracle Business Intelligence
Presentation Catalog
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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).
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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
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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.
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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
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Managing Presentation Catalog
Groups and Users
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Edit group
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Delete group
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System-Defined Presentation Catalog Groups
• Everyone
• Authenticated Users
• Presentation Server Administrators
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Creating a New Catalog Group
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The Presentation Server
administrator can create
an unlimited number of
Web groups.
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3
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Adding Members to a Group
Click the Edit button for the group whose membership you
want to change.
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Web Permissions
• Control access to shared information in:
– Presentation Catalog items
– Interactive dashboards
• Are configured in the Manage Catalog window
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Presentation Catalog: Structure
Click the Manage Presentation Catalog link to view and
manage Presentation Catalog security.
Select
. . . to see dashboards.
Drill down on shared folder . . .
Drill down on dashboard . . .
. . . to see folder content.
. . . to see dashboard content.
Drill down on _Portal folder . . .
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Presentation Catalog: Permission Types
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No Access
Read
Change/Delete
Full Control
Traverse Folder
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Setting Permissions by Using the
Manage Catalog Screen
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Change permission type.
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Select appropriate
permission inheritance.
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Delete users or groups.
Administering the Presentation Catalog
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Administering items in the Presentation Catalog
Copying and pasting between catalogs
Moving a Presentation Catalog
Creating a new Presentation Catalog
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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
Copy/Move
Delete
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Permissions
Copying and Pasting Between Catalogs
Use Catalog Manager to copy and paste items between
catalogs.
Use Catalog Manager to open both catalogs.
Catalog A
Copy and
paste
between
catalogs.
Catalog B
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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).
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Creating a New Presentation Catalog
Create a new Presentation Catalog without content.
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
• Administer Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation
security
• Administer the Oracle Business Intelligence
Presentation Catalog
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Practice 29: Overview
This practice covers the following topics:
• Administering users and groups
• Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
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