- Log in to BI Publisher as an administrator.
- Click on the Admin tab.
- Click on Security Configuration.
- For Security Model, choose LDAP and enter the following parameters:
Setting Example Value URL ldap://ad.mycompany.com:389 Your company’s LDAP server and port. Administrator Username CN=ADMIN,OU=Users,OU=Shared Services,DC=mycompany,DC=com The fully qualified DN of the account you use to sign in to LDAP. Administrator Password myxlplyx The password for the above account. Distinguished Name for Users DC=mycompany,DC=com The “root” level at which to search for users. Distinguished Name for Groups OU=Global Groups,DC=mycompany,DC=com The “root” level at which to search from groups. Group Search Filter (&(objectClass=group)( Group Attribute Name cn Group Member Attribute Name member Member Of Group Attribute Name Group Description Attribute Name description JNDI Context Factory Class com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory Group Retrieval Page Size attribute used for RDN sAMAccountName Allows users to log in to BI Publisher using their corporate AD account name. Automatically clear LDAP cache Checked Ldap Cache Interval 1 Ldap Cache Interval Unit Hour Default User Group Name Attribute Names for Data Query Bind Variables - Bounce BI Publisher.
- Try logging in with your corporate AD credentials. Remember, you need to be assigned to one of the following special groups in Active Directory if you want developer or admin privileges in BI Publisher:
XMLP_ADMIN
XMLP_DEVELOPER
XMLP_SCHEDULER
XMLP_ANALYZER_EXCEL
XMLP_ANALYZER_ONLINE
XMLP_TEMPLATE_DESIGNER
You can read more about those roles and what they do in the Oracle Documentation.