Setting Up Session Variables for Authentication

6-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Integrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition To update instanceconfig.xml: 1. Open the file instanceconfig.xml for editing. You can find this file at: ORACLE_INSTANCE configOracleBIPresentationServicesComponentcoreapplication_ obipsn 2. Locate the Authentication element. 3. Include EBS-ICX in the list of enabled schemas. For example: EnabledSchemasUidPwd,Impersonate,UidPwd-soap,Impersonate-soap,EBS-ICXEnable dSchemas Ignore the comment in instanceconfig.xml that says this setting is centrally managed. EBS-ICX must be manually added to the EnabledSchemas element. 4. Save and close the file. 5. Restart Oracle Business Intelligence.

6.3 Embedding Links to Oracle Business Intelligence in Oracle E-Business Suite

To embed a link in Oracle E-Business Suite that opens Oracle Business Intelligence dashboards, you need to create a form function and then assign menus and responsibilities. Before you begin, log in to Oracle E-Business Suite as the system administrator for example, sysadmin. Then, select the System Administrator responsibility from the responsibility navigator pane on the left. The available menus appear on the right. Follow the steps in this section to create the following objects, in sequence: ■ Function ■ Menu ■ Responsibility ■ User ■ Profile This section contains the following topics: ■ Section 6.3.1, Creating a Form Function ■ Section 6.3.2, Creating a Menu That Invokes the Form Function ■ Section 6.3.3, Assigning the Menu to a Responsibility ■ Section 6.3.4, Assigning the Responsibility to a User ■ Section 6.3.5, Setting Up a Profile

6.3.1 Creating a Form Function

This section explains how to create a form function in Oracle E-Business Suite. To create a form function: 1. From the Application menu, select Function. The Form Functions dialog appears. Figure 6–3 shows the Form Functions dialog. Integrating with Oracle E-Business Suite Security 6-7 Figure 6–3 Form Functions Dialog

2. Enter the name of the function in the Function field for example, OBIEE.

3. Enter the user function name for example, OBIEE. 4. Enter a description for example, Link to Oracle BI.

5. Save your changes using the Save button on the toolbar.

6. Select the Properties tab.

7. For Type, enter SSWA jsp function.

8. Select the Web HTML tab.

9. For HTML Call, enter one of the following options:

■ To link to Answers, enter: OracleOasis.jsp?mode=OBIEEfunction=Answers ■ To link to Dashboards, enter: OracleOasis.jsp?mode=OBIEEfunction=Dashboard

10. Save your changes using the Save button on the toolbar, and then close the Form

Functions dialog.

6.3.2 Creating a Menu That Invokes the Form Function

This section explains how to create a menu that invokes the form function in Oracle E-Business Suite. Note that menus are compiled whenever they are updated. To create a menu that invokes the form function: 1. From the Application menu, select Menu. The Menus dialog appears. Tip: If you are already in Forms, you can select Menu from the Top Ten list. Figure 6–4 shows the Menus dialog.