How To Enable \ Disable the Authentication Type Dropdown field in Fiorified BI Launchpad page

Procedure:

1. On a default Tomcat installation, navigate to the FioriBI.properties file in the default directory of the Web application:
• Default location: <Installation Directory>\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\warfiles\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\default
2. Make a copy of the FioriBI.properties file and place it in the custom directory of the Web application:
• Custom Location: <Installation Directory>\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\warfiles\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\custom
3. Modify FioriBI.properties to enable the authentication drop down:
• Find authentication.visible=false and change to authentication.visible=true
4. Save the FioriBI.properties file

Note:

• In BI 4.2 SP4, the properties file is called Bing.properties

Suggestion:

• Installation directory path may differ in linux system <installdir>\sap_bobj\...
• Shutdown the Tomcat before making changes.
• Always clear the client system browser cache after the successful restart of the tomcat.