How to impersonate user to open OBIEE BI web link

Problem

How to impersonate user to open OBIEE 10g/11g BI web link.

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Solution

i. Description

In order to check the issue faced by particular user, we need to impersonate that user in the required environment. This is very helpful in production support.

Here is the impersonate string

https://[BI Web Link]&nQUser=Administrator&nQPassword=[Admin Password]&impersonate=[User ID]

Here is the example of impersonate BI link

https://bie.example.com/analytics/saw.dll?Dashboard&nQUser=Administrator&nQPassword=yourpassword&impersonate=yourcompanyuserid

ii. Procedure

1. Open web browser i.e., Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox etc.

2. Enter following impersonate BI link on address bar

https://bie.example.com/analytics/saw.dll?Dashboard&nQUser=Administrator&nQPassword=yourpassword&impersonate=yourcompanyuserid

3. Press Enter.

4. This will open the dashboard or BI link of other user which can be accessed by Administrator.

Through impersonation BI link, Administrator can access other user's BI link to analyze & rectify any issue in dashboard, analytics etc.

iii.Code

Here is the impersonate string

https://[BI Web Link]&nQUser=Administrator&nQPassword=[Admin Password]&impersonate=[User ID]

iv. Additional Info

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