When Managed Reporting is configured with ReportCaster, this is the default Managed Reporting admin user ID (no password) that enables initial administrative access to both Managed Reporting and ReportCaster.

In a standalone ReportCaster environment, this user ID is necessary to log on to ReportCaster for the first time. This user ID enables a ReportCaster administrator to access Managed Reporting to create and maintain ReportCaster users without having to create a new Managed Reporting Administrator user ID. The default Managed Reporting/ReportCaster administrator ID is located Security Settings folder of the Configuration tab.

The ReportCaster Distribution Server requires a user ID to start and stop the server. For details, see ReportCaster Distribution Server Permissions.

If the Web server requires a user ID and password for sign-on, you must specify these values in the HTTP User setting in the Managed Reporting folder of the Configuration tab. This setting only applies when Managed Reporting is configured with ReportCaster. For more information, see the Configuring Managed Reporting for Trusted or External Authentication chapter in the WebFOCUS Security and Administration manual.

The server User setting in the Data Server folder of the Configuration tab is the database user ID and password used by the JDBC driver to connect to the ReportCaster Repository.

Note: When using DB2 on z/OS for the ReportCaster Repository, there are several considerations for security. For more information on configuring DB2, see the WebFOCUS and ReportCaster Installation and Configuration for z/OS manual.

During installation, you can specify a default FTP user ID and password for distributing FTP requests. These values are stored in the Default User setting in the FTP/SFTP Settings folder of the Configuration tab. The default values you specify in this setting display in the Distribution tab when creating an FTP schedule. Users creating an FTP schedule can accept or override these default values as needed. Every FTP schedule has an FTP user ID and password associated with it in the ReportCaster Repository.