REST API for Oracle Essbase

Provision Application Role to User or Group

put

/essbase/rest/v1/applications/{app}/permissions/{id}

Provisions a single user or group on the specified application.

If you are using EPM Shared Services security mode, this operation is not available. Instead, manage users, groups, and permissions in the Shared Services Console.

Request

Supported Media Types

application/json
application/xml

Path Parameters

app(required): string

Application name.
id(required): string

User or group ID.

User or group provisioning information.

Root Schema : permission

Type: object

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group: boolean

true or false. Whether the id refers to a group.
id: string

User or group ID.
links: array links
name: string

User or group name.
role: string

User or group role.

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "links":{
            "type":"array",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/definitions/Link"
            }
        },
        "id":{
            "type":"string",
            "description":"<p>User or group ID.</p>"
        },
        "name":{
            "type":"string",
            "description":"<p>User or group name.</p>"
        },
        "role":{
            "type":"string",
            "description":"<p>User or group role.</p>"
        },
        "group":{
            "type":"boolean",
            "description":"<p><b>true</b> or <b>false</b>. Whether the <b>id</b> refers to a group.</p>"
        }
    },
    "xml":{
        "name":"permission"
    }
}

Nested Schema : links

Type: array

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Array of: object Link

{
    "type":"array",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/definitions/Link"
    }
}

Nested Schema : Link

Type: object

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href: string
method: string
rel: string
type: string

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "rel":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "href":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "method":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "type":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

Response

Supported Media Types

application/json
application/xml

204 Response

Provisioned successfully.

400 Response

Bad Request

The logged in user may not have the appropriate application role.

500 Response

Internal Server Error.

Examples

The following example shows how to provision one user or group's access to an application, using cURL to call the REST API from a Windows shell script.

The calling user's ID and password are variables whose values are set in properties.bat.

Script with cURL Command

call properties.bat
curl -X PUT "https://myserver.example.com:9001/essbase/rest/v1/applications/Sample/permissions/User001" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id": "User001", "role": "db_access", "group": false}' -u %User%:%Password%