User's Manual

Essbase Roles
Additional Shared Services roles are required for Performance Management Architect. See
“Shared Services Roles” on page 135.
Role Description
Power Roles
Administrator
Grants full access to administer the server, applications and databases
Application Manager Creates, deletes and modifies databases, and application settings within the assigned application. Includes
Database Manager permissions for the databases within the assigned application
Create/Delete Application Creates and deletes applications and databases within applications. Includes Manager permissions for the
applications and databases created by this user
Database Manager Manages the databases, database objects, locks and sessions within the assigned application
Load/Unload Application Start and stops an application or databases
Interactive Roles
Calc
Calculates, updates and reads data values based on the assigned scope, using any assigned calculations
and filter
Write Updates and reads data values based on the assigned scope, using any assigned filter
Filter Accesses specific data and meta data according to the restrictions of a filter
View Roles
Read
Read data values
Server Access Accesses any database that has a default access other than none
Reporting and Analysis Roles
Role Description
Power Roles
Reporting and Analysis Administrator
Conditionally accesses all resources (unless the file is locked by “no access”), but not all
functionality; accesses the Administer and Impact Manager modules
Applies to Oracle's Hyperion® Financial Reporting – System 9, Oracle's Hyperion®
Interactive Reporting – System 9, Oracle's Hyperion® SQR® Production Reporting – System
9, and Oracle's Hyperion® Web Analysis – System 9
Reporting and Analysis Global Administrator Universally and implicitly accesses all resources and functionality; accesses the Administer
and Impact Manager modules
Note: Reporting and Analysis Global Administrators can never be denied access.
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