BI Publisher OC4J as a Windows service

To install Bi Publisher as a Windows service and forgot about OC4Jstart.cmd skript You need to do following:

• Download Java service

                     http://forge.ow2.org/projects/javaservice/

• Copy Java service to a folder on Oracle Application server (OAS)

         C:\oracle\javaservice

• Install Java JDK 1.6u45 on OAS

•  Go to BI Publisher OC4J folder  c:\ORACLE\Bipublisher\oc4j_bi\bin and check oc4j.cmd for JVMARGS :

         Set JVMARGS=-XX:MaxPermSize=128m  –Xmx512m  %OC4J_JVM_ARGS

•  Go to c:\oracle\javaservice in command prompt and run

javaservice -install "ORACLE BIP OC4J" "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll" -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Xmx512m "-Djava.class.path=C:\ORACLE\BIPUBLISHER\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\oc4j.jar" -start oracle.oc4j.loader.boot.BootStrap -out "C:\bip.log.txt" -err "C:\bip.err.txt" -description "Oracle BI EE OC4J Service"

• Go to sevices.msc and start ORACLE BIP OC4J service

Restricting users from some components in Apex 4.2 application

• Create Groups to differentiate users:

• Edit users and add them to Groups. If a user is Administrator than put it in Admin group.
• Go to Application builder  -> Application -> Shared Components -> Authorization Schemes and create a new Authorization Scheme.
• Select From Scratch
• In Authorization Scheme put following PL/SQL

• Go to the Application page that you want to prevent all users seeing (only Admin group)  and in Security choose the scheme you want: