Essbase Authentication Provider

The Essbase Authentication Provider is a type of authentication provider. An authentication provider is referenced in the Configuration artifact. The EAP allows Saxbi Server to use an Essbase APS (Analytic Provider Services) server as the backend authentication source. This effectively means that all authentication for using Saxbi is delegated to that server, which in turn is probably delegating access responsibilities to an LDAP/Active Directory server.

The EAS code looks like this:

  http://server:13080/aps/JAPI olapServerName 

A couple of things to note: APS is typically deployed on port 13080 but could be different for your environment. You can usually test that you have the address for your APS server correct by simply attempting to access the URL. You should see a simple greeting message from APS. Also note that the resource path /aps/JAPI is also typical but could possibly be different in your environment.

The entry for the olapServer is the name of the OLAP server that you want to use. This is generally the same as the entry you would see under the Essbase Servers node in EAS. If APS is on the same server as your databases then this is likely to be the same server as the APS server.