Quick Tip – Encrypt Oracle PBCS password using epm automate encrypt command

Epm Automate provides an encrypt command to encrypt Oracle PBCS password used in epm automate batch files. This can be very handy when using parameters files containing Oracle PBCS passwords. The syntax of the ‘encrypt’ command is: epmautomate encrypt password key <password file>

Double click on the epmautomate.bat file found in C:\Oracle\EPM Automate\bin directory to start epm automate. At the command prompt you can type in epmautomate encrypt help to see information regarding the command. An example of the encrypt command help and its usage is given below.

01 epm automate encrypt

The encrypted password is stored in a pwd.epw file which can then be referenced in login commands or passed as a parameter to a batch file for e.g.

epmautomate login admin@xxxdomain.com c:\work\pwd.epw https://xxxdomain.pbcs.us2.oraclecloud.com xxxdomain

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