Capabilities tables

A role is a collection of capabilities and is granted to groups. Fine-grained permissions in BMC Database Automation are managed by using capabilities which are activities and tasks that can be performed by using BMC Database Automation.

To create a role, do the following:

1. From the Management Console main page, select Security > Roles in the Context Frame.
    The Roles content page appears, which contains a summary view of any existing role names and descriptions.
2. In the Roles page, click Create New Role.
3. In the Role Information page, enter a Name and Description for the role, and click Next.
4. In the Capabilities page, click each tab (for example, MGMT, ORACLE, or SQL) and click the add link to select from the Available Capabilities.
    Selected capabilities display in the Modified Capabilities section of the page.
5. Click Next.
    The Summary page presents the configuration details.
6. In the Summary page, click Go to to make changes for that section.
7. Click Create Role.

Capabilities

Capabilities are the built-in, permanent permissions that are associated with every task that can be performed in BMC Database Automation. They can be broken down into the following types:

• Global. Global capabilities are system-wide tasks that are not connected to domains. For a global capability to be enabled for a role, the role must belong to a group that has grants on the root domain (Grid). Most of the user administration capabilities are global capabilities.
• Domain. Domain capabilities are connected to domains. They are grouped into tabs that are seen when you manage the capabilities for a role.

To locate specific capabilities, perform any of the following actions:

• Select an option from the Type list to filter the table by capability type (Global or Domain).
• Select an option from the Category list to filter the table by a specific category displayed in corresponding tabs in the GUI, such as USER or DB2.
• Type a character string in one or more of the boxes to filter the list of capabilities (for example, typing us in the Description field displays all capabilities with User in the description.  
• Click any column heading to sort this table or change sort direction.