Configuring a database

After you create a database, the next task is to define database settings and user preferences. Only an administrative user can modify database settings. Non‑administrative users can modify their own user preferences. Table 1‑1 shows the database configuration tasks.

Table 1‑1 Database settings and user preferences
Database configuration task	Database setting	User preference
Providing a database name, description, and category	✓
Configuring and enabling an authentication method	✓
Defining calendar settings for period types	✓
Defining performance range settings for measures		✓
Defining auditing and synchronization settings	✓
Choosing a home page image	✓
Choosing an image for data presentation in book format		✓
Providing text for book title pages	✓
Defining a default location and period type		✓
Choosing the default database book	✓
Setting up a user to support publishing a book, map, or view as a web page	✓
Setting up the web site for shared performance management content	✓
Creating shortcuts to directories or web pages as named paths or URLs	✓
Creating an information or e-mail link	✓
Creating a database link tag	✓
Defining unit type and performance range settings for initiatives	✓