1. Stop all the Hyperion EPM System products, services and processes.
2. Launch the EPM System Configurator, reconfigure the database using one of the following procedures.

--> For Shared Services Only:
Note: In the distributed environments where the EPM System products are installed on different machines than the Shared Services, you must perform. this procedure on all these servers.

a. From the Foundation tasks in EPM System Configurator, select Configure Database.
b. On the Shared Services and Registry Database Configuration page, select Connect to a previously configured Shared Services database.
c. Specify the new password of the user whose account was used to configure Shared Services database. Do not change any of the other settings.
d. Continue the configuration, and click Finish when you are done.

--> For the other EPM System Products than the Shared Services:
Note: Do these steps for the EPM System products deployed on the current server only.

a. From the configuration task list of the product in EPM System Configurator, select Configure Database.
b. On the Database Configuration page, select Perform. 1st-time configuration of database.
c. Specify the new password of the user whose account was used to configure EPM System product database. Do not change any of the other settings.
d. Click Next. A dialog box that prompts you to select one of the following options, is displayed:
- Drop and recreate tables
- Reuse the existing database
e. Select Reuse the existing database.
f. Continue the configuration, and click Finish when you are done.

3. Start all the EPM System products and services.