Privileges enables you to grant users access to the CCM, Monitoring and Administration Tools, and ViewPoint Manager and perform actions based on the defined access level. To activate privileges for the user, you must define each privilege with at least a Browse access level, as described in the following table:
Access Level |
Table Header |
|---|---|
None |
Disables the user from viewing, adding, editing, and deleting objects in Control-M |
Browse |
Enables the user to view and refresh objects in Control-M |
Update |
Enables the user to add and edit objects in Control-M Workload AutomationControl-M |
Full |
Enables the user to add, edit, and delete objects in Control-M |
Default |
Inherits the authorizations from the associated group. (Valid for user authorizations. Not valid for group authorizations.) |
EXAMPLE: User JimA belongs to group Staff. Group Staff has Update authority for all Collections, Hierarchies, Filters, and ViewPoints but only Browse authority for Authorization definitions, Alerts, and Archived ViewPoints. JimA is defined with Default authority for all definitions and Update authority for Communication. JimA can create and modify ViewPoints as well as add, modify, and delete Control-M installations from the Control-M/EM database.
The following table describes each privilege component and determines the actions that a user or member of a group can perform on different parts of Control-M/EM:
Privilege |
Category |
Description |
|---|---|---|
CLI |
Client Access |
Enables the user to perform administration tasks from a Command Line Interface |
Control-M Configuration Manager |
Client Access |
Enables the user to log in to the Control-M Configuration Manager. |
Control-M Self Service |
Client Access |
Enables the user to log in to Control-M Self Service. |
Control-M Workload Change Manager |
Client Access |
Enables the user to log in to the Control-M Workload Change Manager. |
Control-M Workload AutomationControl-M, Utilities, EM API, BIM Web UI |
Client Access |
Enables the user to access the following items: Control-M Workload AutomationControl-M, Utilities, API, and Control-M Batch Impact Manager web interface. |
Authorizations |
Control-M Configuration Manager |
Enables the user to apply authorizations on other users in Control-M/EM, such as Calendars and Folders, as described in Control-M/EM Authorizations |
Configuration |
Control-M Configuration Manager |
Enables the user to create, edit, and delete, Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server, and Control-M/Agent components, as described in Component management |
Operation |
Control-M Configuration Manager |
Enables the user to start, stop, recycle, and ignore components, as described in Component status |
Database Maintenance |
Control-M Configuration Manager |
Enables the user to check database space and extend the database size, as described in Checking Database space |
Security |
Control-M Configuration Manager |
Enables the user to create, update, view, and delete user and group security records, as described in Control-M security as well create, edit, copy, export, test, and delete connection profiles for an external application. For more details about connection profile management, see <External_Application> Administration. |
ViewPoints |
Monitoring and Administration Tools |
Enables the user to access ViewPoints |
Alerts |
Monitoring and Administration Tools |
Enables the user to handle and unhandle alerts |
BIM Reports |
Monitoring and Administration Tools |
Enables the user to generate BIM reports |
Forecast Reports |
Monitoring and Administration Tools |
Enables the user to generate Forecast reports |
Periodical Statistics |
Monitoring and Administration Tools |
Enables the user to use Periodical Statistics on a job |
BIM/Forecast Configuration |
Monitoring and Administration Tools |
Enables the user to configure BMC Batch Impact Manager and Control-M/Forecast |
Collections |
Viewpoint Manager |
Enables the user to create Collections |
Hierarchies |
Viewpoint Manager |
Enables the user to create Hierarchies |
Filters |
Viewpoint Manager |
Enables the user to create Filters |
Archived Viewpoints |
Viewpoint Manager |
Enables the user to create Archived Viewpoints |
Parent Topic |