Configuring the Security Platform

You must configure the security platform to enable Analytic Services and other Hyperion applications to work with your authentication providers.

Configuration for the security platform means creating and/or editing a properly formatted XML configuration file. The configuration process consists of filling in the values for various authentication-related property elements. The configuration file must contain the following information:

To enable single sign-on to Analytic Services in cases where another Hyperion product interacts with Analytic Services, you must use a single XML configuration file that is shared by both products.

You can configure the security platform in various ways. You can use any of the following approaches:

Configuration enables Analytic Services and other Hyperion applications to authenticate users by means of a shared, corporate-wide security platform.

To get started:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the contents of a sample .xml configuration file by examining it in an XML-supporting browser, such as Internet Explorer version 5 or later, that provides color-coding and the ability to expand and collapse sections. You can create a sample file by copying and pasting from this documentation, or you can view and modify the css_config.xml sample file installed in the Analytic Services bin directory.

    In Internet Explorer, the element values (which are what you modify) appear bold. For example, <element>value</element>.

    The actual elements, which you should not modify, appear lighter and are enclosed within angle brackets. Note: Elements are often referred to as tags.

  2. See a sample XML file with linked documentation on how to configure it.
    Or, see a configuration table of contents.

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