Security is always a good starting point when learning a new tool. Without it, you have no control on the application. As mentioned before, BI Publisher could stand alone as its own FMW application. In a standalone BI Publisher deployment, security can be configured using FMW security or several other authentication and authorization types. In either case, the BI Publisher Administration page can be located by accessing the following URL, http://<server_name>:9704/xmlpserver/ servlet/admin. During the default Oracle BI installation configuration, BI Publisher is automatically configured to be embedded within OBIEE. This means that the BI Publisher Administration page can also be accessed by clicking on the Manage BI Publisher link in the OBIEE Administration page: http://<server_name>:9704/ analytics/saw.dll?Admin. Both administration pages require you to log in with user credentials having administration (BI Administrator role) privileges, such as the WebLogic administrator user account.
Based on the default Oracle BI suite installation and configuration, the transparent integration between Oracle BI Foundation and BI Publisher is made. This default setting implies several configurations:
- BI Publisher Security is set to Fusion Middleware Security
- Files such as BI Publisher data sets, templates, and so on, are stored in the Presentation Catalog
- BI Publisher administration can be accessed from the Oracle BI Administration page and the BI Publisher/xmlpserver application
- BI Publisher integration with Oracle BI Presentation services is automatically configured for the default instance of Presentation services that are installed on the same server
- A BI Publisher JDBC data source pointing to the Oracle BI ODBC port
9502is created by default, so that BI Publisher can use certain Oracle BI objects as data sources