BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Creating an Enterprise user account

When you create a new user, you specify the user's properties and select the group or groups for the user. For information on setting rights for the user, see Granting access to users and groups.

To create a user account

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC.
2. Click New User.
3. Select the Enterprise authentication type.
4. Type the account name, full name, email, and description information.

Use the description area to include extra information about the user or account.

5. Specify the password information and settings. Options include:
• Password

  Enter the password and confirm. This is the initial password that you assign to the user. The maximum password length is 64 characters.

• Password never expires

  Select the check box.

• User must change password at next logon

  This check box is selected by default. If you do not want to force users to change the password the first time they log on, clear the check box.

• User cannot change password

  Select the check box.

6. Select the connection type.
• Concurrent User

  Choose Concurrent user if this user belongs to a license agreement that states the number of users allowed to be connected at one time.

• Named User

  Choose Named user if this user belongs to a license agreement that associates a specific user with a license. Named user licenses are useful for people who require access to BusinessObjects Enterprise regardless of the number of other people who are currently connected.

7. Click OK.

The user is added to the system and is automatically added to the Everyone group. You can now add the user to a group or specify rights for the user. See Adding a user to groups, Chapter 11: Controlling User Access. An inbox is also automatically created for the user.

The user is also automatically assigned an Enterprise alias, for example, secEnterprise:bsmith. For more information, see Managing aliases.