Managing multiple companies in BMC Helix Dashboards
Example: Manage users and teams in a multicompany environment
Jordan, a tenant administrator, is responsible for managing three different companies (BMC Software, Calibro Services, and Invention, Inc.). He wants the users of these three companies to have a centralized location for creating, sharing, and visualizing dashboards and reports.
Jordan can use BMC Helix Dashboards to configure multiple companies as different teams with their respective users. He can update the settings of those companies and add or remove users and teams. Jordan can configure the roles and permissions for each company and its users.
To onboard multiple companies and their users
The tenant administrator onboards multiple companies and their users by using BMC Helix Portal. Each company is configured as a team in BMC Helix Dashboards. For example, if you onboard BMC Software as an organization in BMC Helix Portal, the organization is configured as a team in BMC Helix Dashboards. After a successful onboarding, each team has their respective users configured automatically in BMC Helix Dashboards.
To set the roles and permissions
An administrator can assign unrestricted access to any user in BMC Helix ITSM. When users are assigned unrestricted access, they can view and manage the dashboards and reports from other companies as well.
While managing multiple companies, a tenant administrator or an editor can assign the appropriate permissions to the custom folders and dashboards.
To set the permissions for custom folders
- From the navigation menu
, expand Dashboards.
- To create a custom folder, select New > New folder.
- Enter a folder name and click Create.
- On the Permissions tab, click Add a permission.
- To assign permission to a user, select User and search for the appropriate user name.
- Select the respective role for the user and click Save.
If you assign permission to a Team, the members belonging to the Team can access the folder.
To set permissions for custom dashboards
- From the navigation menu
, expand Dashboards.
- To create a custom dashboard, select New > New dashboard.
- Select a new panel and create a dashboard.
For more information about creating custom dashboard, see Creating-a-dashboard. - Click Dashboard settings
.
- Select Permissions > Add a permission.
- Assign appropriate permissions:
- To assign permission to a user, select User and search for the appropriate user name.
- To assign permission to a team, select Team and search for the appropriate team. All the users included in the Team can view the dashboard.
- Select the respective role for the user and click Save.