Setting up a system user and defining a data source

Select or create an Unica system user and configure a data source for this user.

About this task

A system user is the user account that Unica uses to communicate with IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition. This account is associated with a corresponding IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition system user that is used to build and score models in IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition.

To set up a system user and define a data source, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. In IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition, create or identify a user account that has permissions to build and score models.

    Note the user name and password for this IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition account. You will need this information later.

    Tip: The default account is the one that you set up during installation: admin/<yourpassword>. You can use that account or add others. You can also use the platform_admin user account. Because this user is a member of all partitions, the data source is available in all partitions.
  2. Use the Deployment Manager to connect the built-in admin account to the asm_admin account in Unica Platform.


  3. In Unica Platform, create or identify an account to configure as the system user. Give the system user the SPSSAdmin role in Unica Platform, either by making the user a member of a group with this role or by assigning the role individually.
    Note: You can use the platform_admin user account. Because this user is a member of all partitions, the data source is available in all partitions.
  4. In Unica Platform, on the System User Detail page, select Edit Data Sources > New.
  5. Complete the fields as follows.
    • Data Source: Type any name. It is convenient to use SPSS_MA_ADMIN_DS because this is the default value of the SPSS | Integration | SPSSCredentialDatasource property. The value of this property must be the name of this data source.
    • Data Source Login: Type the system user's IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition login name.
    • Data Source Password: Type the system user's IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition password.
  6. Configure the datasource SPSS_CRED_DS under asm_admin. Use the login credentials for the system administrator (asm_admin). This datasource is used for creating SPSS user credentials "on the fly".
  7. Save your changes.