Select the business area to which you want to grant access from the Business area Specify the content of the Available usersroles list by selecting the Users check Enter the search criteria in the Search For field and click Go. Move the business areas tha

7-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Figure 7–4 Select UserRole dialog

3. Enter the search criteria in the Search For field and click Go.

Discoverer Administrator displays the search results in the Results list. 4. Select a user or role from the Results list. 5. Click OK to display the Security dialog: Users - Business Area tab with the business areas for the selected user or role. Figure 7–5 Security dialog: Users- Business Area tab

6. Move the business areas that you want the selected user or role to have access to

from the Available business areas list to the Selected business areas list. You can select more than one business area by pressing the Ctrl key and clicking another business area. Controlling Access to Information 7-7

7. For each new business area you add to the Selected business areas list, follow the

instructions below to specify whether the selected user or role has administration access to the business area:

a. Click the business area in the Selected business areas list.

b. Select or clear the Allow Administration check box as required.

The setting of a user’s Allow Administration privilege controls which administration tasks the user can perform. For more information, see How to specify the tasks a user or role responsibility can perform . 8. Click OK to save the changes you have made and close the Security dialog. Notes ■ To remove access to a business area from a user or role, move the business area from the Selected business areas list to the Available business areas list. ■ The list of available usersroles includes a role called PUBLIC. Select this role to view or edit the default access permissions for users or roles whose permissions you have not yet explicitly defined. ■ If you run Discoverer Administrator as an Oracle Applications user, the Security dialog shows Oracle Applications Responsibilities instead of roles. For more information about Applications mode, see What features does Discoverer support for Oracle Applications users? . How to specify the tasks a user or role responsibility can perform Note: When Oracle Applications database users are connected, Discoverer Administrator displays responsibilities instead of roles. To specify the tasks a user or role can perform:

1.

Choose Tools | Privileges and display the Privileges dialog: Privileges tab . Figure 7–6 Privileges dialog: Privileges tab 7-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer 2. Click Select to display the Select UserRole dialog where you can search for and select the user or role whose task privileges you want to change. Figure 7–7 Select UserRole dialog

3. Enter the search criteria in the Search For field and click Go.

Discoverer Administrator displays the search results in the Results list. 4. Select a user or role from the Results list. 5. Click OK to display the Privileges dialog: Privileges tab for the selected user or role. Figure 7–8 Privileges dialog: Privileges tab Controlling Access to Information 7-9 6. Grant or revoke specific task privileges for the user or role by selecting or clearing the appropriate check boxes in the Administration Privilege list or the Desktop and Plus Privilege list. Note: To grant a privilege, you must first grant the parent privilege using the Administration Privilege check box or the Desktop and Plus Privilege check box. If a user has access to Discoverer Desktop or Discoverer Plus through a responsibility and you clear the Desktop and Plus check box, any selected check boxes in the list of privileges will still be active although they appear grayed out. The total privileges for a user are determined by the combination of responsibility and user privileges. Tip: Click a privilege in the Administration Privilege list or the Desktop and Plus Privilege lists to see a brief description of that privilege in the area below the lists. Note: The Desktop and Plus privilege also applies to Discoverer Viewer

7. Choose an Oracle system profile to apply to the user or role from the Select an

Oracle System Profile drop down list. Oracle system profiles are created by the database administrator to control access to database resources. Note: To assign Oracle system profiles within Discoverer Administrator you must have access to the following database views: ■ DBA_PROFILES ■ DBA_USERS 8. Click OK to save the changes you have made and close the Privileges dialog. Notes ■ The changes you have made will take effect when users re-connect to Discoverer. ■ The list of available usersroles includes a role called PUBLIC. Select this role to view or edit the default task privileges for users or roles whose privileges you have not yet explicitly defined. ■ If you want to grant Administration privileges to a user or role, you must also grant that user Administration access to the business area. For more information, see How to specify a user or role responsibility to perform a specific task . ■ If you run Discoverer Administrator as an Oracle Applications user, the Privileges dialog shows Oracle Applications Responsibilities instead of roles. For more information about Oracle Applications mode, see Chapter 17, Using Discoverer with Oracle Applications . How to specify a user or role responsibility to perform a specific task Note: When Oracle Applications database users are connected, Discoverer Administrator displays responsibilities instead of roles. To specify the users or roles that can perform a specific task:

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Choose Tools | Privileges to display the Privileges dialog: UserRole tab . Discoverer first displays the following warning dialog.