Enabling change password in OBIEE 10g
To enable this option we have to do a small workaround.
Go the OBIEE Installed BI folder and open the Controlmessages.xml. In my case the path is like below:
C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\messages\controlmessages.xml
Once you opened the file, you will get the message like below picture.
Just remove the command tag which indicated in the red rectangle in the screen shot to enable the 'Change Password' Option and save the file and restart the Oracle Java Host, Oracle BI Server and Oracle BI Presentation Server.
Now you login to presentation services and Go to My Account. You can see the 'Change Password' option available there. By clicking that we can change the password.
Go the OBIEE Installed BI folder and open the Controlmessages.xml. In my case the path is like below:
C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\messages\controlmessages.xml
Once you opened the file, you will get the message like below picture.
Just remove the command tag which indicated in the red rectangle in the screen shot to enable the 'Change Password' Option and save the file and restart the Oracle Java Host, Oracle BI Server and Oracle BI Presentation Server.
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Replace the line
<WebMessage name=”kmsgChangePasswordLink”><!–<HTML><a insert=”1″><sawm:messageRef name=”kmsgUIChangePassword”/></a></HTML>–></WebMessage>
*** WITH:
<WebMessage name=”kmsgChangePasswordLink”><HTML><a insert=”1″><sawm:messageRef name=”kmsgUIChangePassword”/></a></HTML></WebMessage>
This requires restarting the BI server, After restarting the BI server successfully, users should be able to see the “Change Password” link on their OBIEE My Account page.
But it wont work in obiee11g kindly refer the below reason:
The ability to change password is not possible in OBIEE11g. With 11g, OBIEE essentially uses the 10g notion of external authentication. By default, this is the WLS (Weblogic)LDAP identity store, but may be any defined Authenticator either within WLS, or in the OBIS metadata (i.e. Custom Authenticator or LDAP). As such, OBIEE proper no longer has any control over user passwords - this is why the steps referenced in Doc ID 1102353.1do not apply to 11g OBIEE
See Change Passsword Link In Answers/Dashboard Obiee 11g (Doc ID 1302091.1)
OBIEE 11g : (Workaround Method from Venkat Blog)
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2011/10/changing-your-password-in-obiee-11g/
