Authentication Provider

A Saxbi Authentication Provider is an artifact that provides the ability for Saxbi to use some external source to authenticate users that attempt to login to the Saxbi Server. Right now the only supported authentication provider is the Essbase Authentication Provider which delegates access out to an APS/EDS server (along with an Essbase server itself). In many environments, the authentication system for an Essbase server is based on LDAP or Active Directory, so in effect using an Essbase Authentication Provider is almost the same as using an Active Directory or LDAP authentication provider.

In the future, support will be added for using LDAP/Active Directory as an authentication provider. This will provide slightly richer abilities related to assigning access and privileges based on role/group membership.