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Subject areas can be built by dragging Facts

and Dimensions from Business Models. Many

Subject Areas can be built from a Business

Model, but each Subject Area can only be from

one and only one Business Model.

A Consistency Check is performed by default

when a Repository is saved. Consistency Check

will ensure there are no errors in the Repository.

Consistency check can also be performed

manually, File Menu Check Global

Consistency for the entire Repository or Right-

Click on the Business Model to check just the

Model.

Locks on a Repository File during save can be

released, by shutdown and re-start of the BI

Server service.

Security Management

Authentication Provides application Access.

Supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

(LDAP), Siebel Analytics Repository

authentication (Default method used for

authentication), Microsoft Active Directory

(ADSI), and External Database authentication.

Authorization provides permissions and

privileges to view Reports, Data, create Folders,

iBots, Manage Privileges, Create Views, etc.

Security is enforced on two levels:

Object-level security controls access to

Metadata Repository objects (configured in

Administrator Tool), and Web Catalog objects

such as Folders, Filters, and Dashboards, etc.

(configured in BI Answers Web Application).

Data-level security controls access to content

and data in end-user Reports and Dashboards

(configured in Administrator Tool).

Administrator Tool Manage Menu item

Security Manager is used to define Users and

User Groups and define Repository permissions.

Data-level permissions can be set to above

Groups and Users from the Presentation Table

properties dialog box of each Subject area.

BI Answers Web Page, Settings Menu

Administration, to view and administer privileges

associated with various components of the

Answers Web application.

Bypassing Security

In the security section of the NQSConfig.ini file,

uncomment

AUTHENTICATION_TYPE=BYPASS_NQS

save, re-start BI Server service.

Setting Query Limits

Administrator Manage Security ManagerGroups Permissions Query Limits tab.

Options:

Enable: Enforces restriction and cancels the

query

Warn: Logs message in NQServer.log and

NQQuery.log if row limit is reached

Ignore: Limits will be inherited from the parent

groups. If there is no row limit to inherit, does not

enforce limit

Disabling Query Functionality

Administrator Manage Security Manager

Groups Permissions Query Limits tab

Restrict box (for production tasks & updates).

Recommended Books and Related SitesThe Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit by RalphKimball, Margy Ross, Warren Thornthwaitehttp://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_ee.html - Documentation site for OBIEEhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe_bi/bi_e

e_1013/index.html - OBIEE Tutorial

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_apps.html - Oracle BI Applications

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