Managing security roles

As an administrator, you can manage security roles. Roles control the access rights to BMC AMI Products for Web functions. By default, a number of roles are provided to cover most situations. However, you can customize the existing roles or create new roles to suit your security needs.

Related topics

Defining-security-settings

Adding-a-security-role

Managing-users

Product roles and rights

The following table lists the default roles and the functions to which they have access or the ability to use.

Product	Default role	Function
BMC AMI Common Enterprise Services (CES)	CES Administrator	Access to CES configuration settings for Database, Host Connections, Certificates, Issue Tracking, Licensing, Personal Access Tokens, Update Center, Security, Web Server, and Webhooks.
	Super Admin	Access to administrative functions for all BMC AMI Products for Web
	Personal Access Tokens Administrator	Ability to add, edit, and delete Personal Access tokens
	Workbench Team Profile Exporter	Ability to export Workbench team profiles to any group of which they are a member
	Workbench Team Profile Administrator	Ability to view, add, and delete Workbench team profiles for all groups
BMC AMI iStrobe	iStrobe Administrator	Ability to use the functions in iStrobe Administration to configure and control access to iStrobe content, such as: Submit Strobe Measurements Strobe Administration Use Performance Tracker Folder Creation Folder Management Strobe Insight Reports Access
	iStrobe Performance Tracker	Access to use the iStrobe Performance Tracker function
	iStrobe User	Access to Submit Strobe Measurements and Folder Creation in iStrobe
BMC AMI DevX Code Pipeline	Code Pipeline Administrator	Access to manage Code Pipeline server connections for use in the Code Pipeline Web Interface, and access to Code Pipeline Administrator Area (until this is removed)
	Code Pipeline User	Access to the Code Pipeline Web Deployment application, and to the Code Pipeline Mobile and Web applications.
	Code Pipeline Approver	Access to the Code Pipeline Mobile and Web applications
Abend-AID	Abend-AID Administrator	Access to Abend-Aid web UIs.
BMC Compuware Topaz for Java Performance (TJP)	Topaz for Java Performance User	Full access to Topaz for Java Performance
BMC AMI DevX Total Test	Total Test Administrator	Ability to administer the Total Test Web client for components, including permissions to create, read, modify, delete, and execute components. An administrator has permissions to create, update, and delete all test artifacts in the repository, including connections and environments. Only selected users should have this role.
BMC AMI DevX Total Test	Total Test User	Access to the Total Test Web client, and to Workbench for Eclipse and the CLI functions that require information from the repository. Most users who are allowed to use Total Test should have this role. Access to the Total Test Web client include the ability to create, read, modify, delete, and execute components.
BMC AMI Security Session Monitor	Session Monitor User	Full access to Session Monitor
BMC AMI Ops Automation for Batch ThruPut (BMC ThruPut Manager)	BMC ThruPut Manager User	Full access to BMC ThruPut Manager

On the Roles tab, you can view a list of configured roles, including the name of the role and a description of the role. For information about default roles, see Product roles and rights.

You can also perform the following actions:

Purpose	Action
Add a security role and assign rights to it.	Click Add. For more information, see Adding-a-security-role.
Edit a role definition.	Click in the relevant row.
Delete a security role.	Click in the relevant row.
Delete multiple security roles.	Selecting the checkboxes in the relevant rows and click Delete.
Sort the order in a column.	Click (Sort arrow) in the column header.
Sort the order in multiple columns.	Perform the following steps: Click (Sort arrow) in the column header in a column. To select more columns, perform one of the following options: Press the ctrl (or command) key and click the sort arrow in the required column headers. Click in the required column headers. For each selected column, go to the menu, select Ascending or Descending, and select the desired Sort order. When you select a sort order, the column header displays a number to indicate the priority of the column in the sort sequence. The direction of the sort arrow indicates if the column is sorted in the ascending or descending order. Thus, the table displays values sorted column-wise, one after the other, such that the previous sort order is not distorted by the next sort order. From the options, you can also perform the following actions: Change or swap the Sort order as required. Remove a column from the multi-sort sequence by selecting Remove from current sort. Remove all sorting by selecting Clear all sorting.
Search within the list.	In the Search field, enter the search criteria.

Important

You cannot edit or remove the CES Administrator and the Super Administrator roles.

Managing security roles

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