Searching for Catalog Objects Using Catalog Manager

Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog 17-23 2. Navigate to the object.

3. Right-click the object in the Name column and select Properties.

4. Perform the necessary tasks: a. If you have the appropriate permissions, then select the appropriate owner for the object in the Owner list. The Owner list includes the name that you used to log in to Catalog Manager. You can use this list to select yourself as the owner of the object. See Assigning Ownership of Objects in Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for more information on taking ownership of objects.

b. To change the attribute of an object, select either Read-Only or Hidden, if

appropriate. A hidden object is not visible in Oracle Business Intelligence.

c. To create, edit, or delete a property, use the New, Edit, or Delete button as

appropriate.

5. Click OK.

You can select multiple objects and update their properties or permissions simultaneously. If any of the selected objects are a folder, then you can also apply those changes recursively to all the objects in that folders tree structure. For example, you can set all files in the sharedDontTouch directory to be Read-Only. Right-click the DontTouch directory and select Properties. In the Properties dialog, select the Read-Only option, select the Apply Recursively option, and click OK. You can also select Apply Recursively to take ownership of an object and all its sub-objects.

17.6.5 Setting Permissions of Catalog Objects

Permissions are used to control access to catalog objects. To set permissions of a catalog object: 1. In Catalog Manager, open the catalog. 2. Navigate to the object.

3. Right-click the object in the Name column and select Permissions.

The Permissions dialog displays these two lists: ■ Users, Catalog Groups and Application Roles Explicit Permissions — Shows the users, groups, and application roles that have explicit permissions granted to this object. Note: The System option indicates that the object is maintained internally and should not be altered. Note: The New button is used to create a property. You should use it only if instructed to do so by Oracle Support Services. 17-24 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition ■ Additional Users and Application Roles — Shows the users, groups, and application roles that have access granted through group inheritance, and users, groups, and application roles that have no access to the request. For details on how permissions and privileges are assigned in Presentation Services, see Managing Security for Dashboards and Analyses in Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. 4. If the user, group, or application role whose permissions you want to set is in the Additional Users and Application Roles list, then move it into the Users, Catalog Groups and Application Roles Explicit Permissions list by selecting it and clicking the left-arrow button . 5. Optional To filter the users, groups, and application roles displayed in the Additional Users and Application Roles list, use the List button and the adjacent field, as follows: ■ Enter filter criteria in the field next to the List button case insensitive to search by name. To enter partial filter criteria, use the asterisk symbol. For example, enter bi to display users or groups beginning with bi, BI, bI, and Bi. ■ Select a value from the list, to restrict what accounts to search for. Available values are: All, User, Catalog Group, or Application Role.

6. Select the user or group in the Users, Catalog Groups and Application Roles

Explicit Permissions list.

7. Select a new permission from the list in the Permissions column, or click Custom

from the list to display the Custom Permissions dialog, where you can select a combination of permissions. For details on what each permission means, see Permission Definitions in Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

8. Select the Apply Recursively option to apply the changes to all the objects that the

object contains.

9. Select a value from the Replace Option list as follows:

■ Replace All — Replaces the existing ACL with what is currently in the dialog. ■ Replace Listed — Changes only the accounts currently displayed in the dialog and leaves others unchanged. ■ Remove Listed — Removes only the accounts currently displayed and leaves others unchanged.

10. Click OK.

See Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for more information about permissions and groups and users. Note: If you move a user or group from the Users and groups Explicit Permissions list to the Additional Users and Application Roles list, then the user or group privileges are reset to No Access. To move a user or group from one list to another, highlight it and click the right or left-arrow button, as appropriate.