Connecting with a Designer database

When you start the program, the Connect to Infor d/EPM Designer dialog opens. Here, you administer database registrations and connect to a repository.

Note: You must log on as a user with the Administer Repository permission on the farm level and Administer Permissions on the application level.

To connect with a Designer database:

  1. Select the Designer database to work with the Database drop-down list.
  2. Select the authentication system from the Authentication drop-down list.
    Note: When you use a Designer database for the first time, it has no connection to a farm repository.
  3. Specify the user name and password.
  4. Click OK.
Note: When you connect with a Designer database, the database is locked by Designer. The database can only be edited by Designer. If you try to edit the database in d/EPM Administration, you may receive this error message: 
The database can only be modeled by Infor d/EPM Designer.
To unlock the database, recreate the OLAP database with Designer and close Designer.
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