BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Creating an alias for an existing user

You can create aliases for existing BusinessObjects Enterprise users. The alias can be an Enterprise alias, or an alias for a third-party authentication tool.

Note:    For the system to create the third-party alias, the following criteria must be met:

• The authentication tool needs to have been enabled in CMC.
• The format of the account name must agree with the format required for the authentication type.
• The user account must exist in the third-party authentication tool, and it must belong to a group that is mapped to BusinessObjects Enterprise.

To create a new alias for a user

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC.
2. Click the link for the user that you want to add an alias to.
3. Click New Alias.

The New Alias page appears.

4. Select the authentication type for the user, for example, Windows NT.
5. Type in the account name for the user.
6. Click OK.

An alias is created for the user. When you view the user in CMC, at least two aliases are shown, the one that was already assigned to the user and the one you just created.