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How to create BI Publisher roles

Follow the steps in this documentation to create the required roles for a BI Publisher connection.

Step 1

Go to the home page.

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Step 2

Select Tools, and then Security console.

Step 2

Oracle recommends to not associate the user directly to the seeded BI Administrator Role and advised to create a custom role and assign the Seeded BI Administrator Role to it instead. For more information, please see Oracle Doc ID 2238277.1.

Step 3

On the roles page, click Create role.

Step 3

Step 4

Enter the below information, and click Next.

  • Role Name
  • Role Code
  • Role Category (Default)
  • Description

Step 4

Step 5

On the hierarchy page, click Add Role.

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Step 6

Assign all of roles below:

  • BI System Role
  • BI Apps System Role
  • BI Administrator Role
  • BI Applications Implementation Manager Duty
  • BI Applications Functional Developer Duty
  • Business Intelligence Content Administrator

Step 6

Step 7

Click Next.

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Step 8

On the users page, click Add User, then search for the user to assign the roles and click Next.

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Step 9

On the last page, click Save and Close.

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Step 10

In order to get the custom role to be granted to the user immediately, please launch run user and roles snchronization process from the menu Setup and Maintenance > Initial Users > Run User and Roles Synchronization Process > Submit the job.

Step 10a

Step 10b

Then submit a scheduled process from the menu Tools > Scheduled Process > Import User and Role Application Security Data.

Step 10c

Step 10d

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