Reseting OBIEE RPD password/Forgot Password

Post date: 11-Jan-2011 13:08:59

If you forgotten your RPD Password and you still have to work with same RPD. Below list of steps which kishore has discovered can be of great help.

• 1. Open NQSConfig.INI file

  2. Go to Security part and find AUTHENTICATION_TYPE = BYPASS_NQS;

  3. Uncomment (remove #) this part.

  4. Stop the BI Server service

  5. Close Administration Tool, if opened. (Then only the changes are affecting to the Administration Tool)

  6. Open Administration Tool, then rpd which needs password reset, in offline mode

  7. Give any password, it accepts.

  8. Now go to Manage > Security.

  9. From here it’s the normal process how you change password.

  10. Save the changes to rpd

  11. Revert back the changes in NQSConfig.INI

  12. Start BI Server and open rpd with new password

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