Characteristics of the folder structure of the Discoverer Catalog? Folders in the structure

Configuring Discoverer Plus OLAP 5-9 5.3.1 Characteristics of the folder structure of the Discoverer Catalog? After users and roles are authorized, they can create folders within the existing folder structure of the Discoverer Catalog using Discoverer Plus OLAP. The folder structure has the following characteristics: ■ The folder structure is created automatically when you install the Discoverer Catalog. ■ Folders for each user and role are created automatically within the structure when users and roles are authorized. ■ The folder structure was designed so that users can quickly store and find their own objects, but the structure also allows for sharing of objects.

5.3.2 Folders in the structure

The structure of the Discoverer Catalog consists of one root folder that contains the following main folders: ■ Users The Users folder contains a subfolder for each user or role that is authorized to use Discoverer Plus OLAP and is intended to store that user’s or role’s private objects. This subfolder is named with the user or role name, in all uppercase letters. Initially, each users and role’s subfolder contains no other subfolders, but users can create subfolders to suit their needs using Discoverer Plus OLAP. Each user or role has Full Control privileges on his or her subfolder. The D4OSYS user has Full Control privileges over the Users folder and all of its subfolders. No other users or roles have any privileges on the subfolders that belong to other users or roles. ■ Shared The subfolders in the Shared folder enable sharing of objects among users of Discoverer Plus OLAP. The Shared folder contains a subfolder for each user or role that is authorized to use Discoverer Plus OLAP. Initially, each users and role’s subfolder contains no other subfolders. Users can create subfolders to suit their needs using Discoverer Plus OLAP, because they have Full Control privileges for their own subfolders. Each user and role has Read privileges on all other subfolders under the Shared folder, because the D4OPUB role has Read privileges and all Discoverer Plus OLAP users have the D4OPUB role. A user can give other users and roles Write privileges on the subfolders in that user’s or role’s Shared subfolder. The D4OSYS user also has Full Control privileges over the Shared folder and all of its subfolders.

5.3.3 Types of privileges for objects and folders