Providing User Access to Sample Applications

Essbase provides a comprehensive security system for a secure multiple-user environment. By default, the sample applications are created with a security access level of None, which means that no user can connect to the sample databases unless the user is defined as an administrator.

The system administrator, defined when installing Essbase, automatically holds administrator privileges. Therefore, the system administrator can make the sample applications available to other users.

  To provide all users with Write access to a sample application:

  1. Log on to Administration Services Console using the system administrator account.

  2. From Enterprise View, find the appropriate Essbase Server and application.

  3. Right-click the application and select Edit properties.

  4. In Application Properties, select the General tab.

  5. For Minimum access level, select Write.

    For example, if you want all users to have at least Write access to all databases in the application (meaning that all users can update data values), select Write.

  6. From the Minimum Database Access group, select Write.

  7. Click Apply.

  8. Repeat this procedure for each database.

The selected application is ready for use. If you want to provide access to another application, repeat the procedure.