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Use the shuttle controls to move the desired name to the Selected box.
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Click OK to return to the Create Application Role page.
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Repeat the steps until all desired members are added to the Application Role.
4. Click OK to return to the Application Roles page.
The Application Role just created displays in the table at the bottom of the page.
To create an Application Role based on an existing one :
1. Log in to Fusion Middleware Control, navigate to Security, then select
Application Roles to display the Application Roles page.
For information, see Section 2.4.1, Starting Oracle Fusion Middleware Control and
Locating the Pages for Managing Security .
Whether or not the obi application stripe is pre-selected and the Application Policies are displayed depends upon the method used to navigate to the
Application Roles
page.
2. If necessary, select Select Application Stripe to Search, then select obi from the
list. Click the search icon next to Role Name.
The Oracle Business Intelligence Application Roles display.
3.
Select the Application Role you want to copy from the list to enable the action buttons.
4. Click Create Like to display the Create Application Role Like page.
The Members section is completed with the same Application Roles, Groups, or Users that are assigned to the original role.
5. Complete the Role Name, Display Name, and Description fields.
The following figure shows a new Application Role that is based upon the default BIAuthor Application Role and has been named MyNewRole.
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6. Modify the members as appropriate and click OK.
The just created Application Role displays in the table at the bottom of the page. The following figure shows the example MyNewRole that is based upon the
default BIAuthor Application Role.
2.4.2.3 Assigning a Group to an Application Role
You assign a group to an Application Role to provide users in that group with appropriate security privileges. For example, a group for marketing report consumers
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named BIMarketingGroup might require an Application Role called BIConsumerMarketing, in which case you assign the group named BIMarketingGroup
to the Application Role named BIConsumerMarketing.
To assign a group to an Application Role: 1.
Log in to Fusion Middleware Control, navigate to Security, then select Application Roles
to display the Application Roles page.
For information, see Section 2.4.1, Starting Oracle Fusion Middleware Control and
Locating the Pages for Managing Security .
Whether or not the obi application stripe is pre-selected and the Application Policies are displayed depends upon the method used to navigate to the
Application Roles
page.
2. If necessary, select Select Application Stripe to Search, then select obi from the
list. Click the search icon next to Role Name.
The Oracle Business Intelligence Application Roles display. The following figure shows the default Application Roles.
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3.
Select an Application Role in the list and click Edit to display an edit dialog, and complete the fields as follows:
4. In the Members section, use the Add Group option to add the group that you
want to assign to the Roles list.
For example, if a group for marketing report consumers named BIMarketingGroup require an Application Role called BIConsumerMarketing,
then add the group named BIMarketingGroup to Roles list.
5. Click OK to return to the Application Roles page.
