User roles and access controls
As an administrator, assign users particular user roles and include them in particular user groups by providing the following types of access control:
- Feature-level access control: Access to various features (tabs) in the product, depending on the user role and responsibility.
- Data-level access control: Access to data emerging from particular data sources or applications.
This topic provides the following information:
Related topics
Feature level access control
The following table provides an illustration of the feature-level access permissions available to different users:
In the following table, the 'X' symbol indicates the access permissions available to various user roles.
Main tab | Subtab | Roles | ||
Super Admin | App Admin | Troubleshooter | ||
Cabinet | Saved Searches | X | X | X |
Views | X | X | X | |
Search | X | X | X | |
Administration | Data Collectors | X | X |
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Data Patterns | X | X |
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Notifications | X | X |
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Users | X |
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User Groups | X |
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Components | X |
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Credentials | X | X |
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Hosts | X |
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Content Packs | X | X |
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System Settings | X |
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External Config. | X |
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Collection Profiles | X |
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Settings | User Settings | X (Specific to individual user) | X (Specific to individual user) | X (Specific to individual user) |
Change Password | X | X | X | |
Data level access control
For the data-level access permissions to be applied:
- The user must be a part of the appropriate user group.
- The Enable Data Access Control check box must be selected on the Administration > System Settings page.
For more information, see Managing-user-groups.
Where to go from here
To configure the product for data collection, see Managing-data-collectors.
To create new users, see Managing-users.