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How to Set Up the User Database

For CA Service Catalog users that you want to have access to BusinessObjects Enterprise reports, perform the following tasks in BusinessObjects Enterprise. This process provides access to BusinessObjects Enterprise reports to the CA Service Catalog users you select. It also helps ensure that CA Service Catalog users can access only the BusinessObjects Enterprise reports that their role authorizes.

1. Note that the BIAR file automatically provides the CA Service Catalog default administrative user named spadmin.
2. Verify that a matching user name exists in BusinessObjects Enterprise for each CA Service Catalog user.

   Optionally, import the users from your CA Service Catalog user database into your BusinessObjects Enterprise user database, for example, in LDAP or Active Directory. Alternatively, create the users with matching user names directly in your BusinessObjects Enterprise user database.

3. Assign those users to the BusinessObjects Enterprise user groups that provides the access rights you want.

   Typically, you assign the users to groups that match their roles in CA Service Catalog. For example, you typically assign CA Service Catalog administrators to administrator groups in BusinessObjects Enterprise.

   Important! All CA Service Catalog users who need access to BusinessObjects Enterprise reports must exist in the BusinessObjects Enterprise user database, no matter what method you use to populate the database. Also, these users must belong to the BusinessObjects Enterprise user group that provides the appropriate level of access rights.

   The CA Service Catalog Administrator groups are as follows:

   • SLCM Catalog Administrators
   • SLCM Administrators
   • SLCM Service Managers
   • SLCM Super Business Unit Administrators
   • SLCM Service Delivery Administrators

   The CA Service Catalog End User groups are as follows:

   • SLCM End Users
   • SLCM Catalog End Users
   • SLCM Request Managers

For instructions to perform these tasks, see your BusinessObjects Enterprise documentation.