BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Default users and groups

This section lists and describes the different types of default users and groups that are found within BusinessObjects Enterprise.

Default users

For procedures on managing users, see Managing Enterprise and general accounts.

Administrator

The Administrator user belongs to the Administrators and Everyone groups. This user can perform all tasks in all BusinessObjects Enterprise applications (for example, the Central Management Console, Central Configuration Manager, Publishing Wizard, and InfoView).

By default, the Administrator is not assigned a password. For security reasons, it is highly recommended that you create a password for the Administrator user as soon as possible. See "Setting the Administrator password" on page 37.

Note:    To use the Central Configuration Manager, your operating system account may require certain rights on the local machine. For more information, see "Using the Central Configuration Manager" on page 33.

Guest

The Guest user is a member of the Everyone group. This user can view reports that are found within the Report Samples folder. Generally, the Guest user accesses reports through InfoView. This account is enabled by default. To disable this default setting, see Disabling the Guest account.

By default, the Guest user is not assigned a password. If you assign it a password, the single sign-on to InfoView will be broken.

Note:    If users in multiple time zones use the Guest account, see "Supporting users in multiple time zones" on page 567.