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Angles for SAP IT Management Console

How to manage roles

The authentication model of Angles for SAP is based on Roles. For more information about Roles see Roles.

Creating a new role

To create a new role

  1. Navigate to Models → [Model name] → Roles.

  2. Click Create a new role.

  3. Enter the following information:

    • Role Id - A unique identifier of a role. The identifier should start with a letter, and only a-z, A-Z and '_' are allowed.

    • Description - A meaningful description for the role.

  4. Click Create.

Editing a role

To edit a role

  1. Navigate to Models → [Model name] → Roles.

  2. Click MC_Edit2.png next to the role you want to edit.

  3. The Privileges tab allows you to set the permissions for access to client functionality.

    For more information, see Privileges.

  4. The Labels tab allows you to set the privileges for labels for each Business Process.

    Use By default, the privilege for labels is to set the default privilege level.

    For more information, see Labels.

  5. The Objects tab displays an overview of all objects in this model. You can allow or deny users to see these individual objects. Use By default, objects are to set the privilege for all available other objects at once.

    For more information, see Objects.

  6. The Fields tab allows you to limit which field can be seen by users with the current role. This way you can for example allow users to see all employee information except for their bank details or other privacy related information. Use By default, currency fields are to set the privilige for currency fields. With By default, fields are you can set the privilege for all available fields at once.

    For more information, see Fields.

  7. The Filter tab allows you to create an object filter. This filter limits the types of objects that a user with the current role can see.

    For more information, see Filters.

  8. The Subroles tab allows you to add subroles to the current role.

    For more information, see Subroles.

Click Save to finalize your settings.

Copying a role

To copy a role

  1. Click MC_Edit.png next to the role that you want to copy.

  2. Select Copy. A dialog box opens.

  3. Specify the following:

    • New role Id - The name of the new role. This can be the same name as the original if the role is copied to a different model.

    • Copy to model - The model to which you want to copy the role.

  4. Click OK.

For more information, see Roles.

Showing all privileges in a role

To inspect the privileges of a role

  1. Click MC_Edit.png next to the role you want to inspect.

  2. Select Show consolidated role. A dialog box opens, showing an overview of the model and system privileges and the number of users with that role.

  3. Click OK to close the consolidated role overview.

For more information, see Roles.

Managing users

To manage the users in a role

  1. Click MC_Edit.png next to the role you want to manage. A dialog box opens

  2. To add a user to the role, select the username in the lefthand pane and click Add.

  3. To remove a user from the role, select the username in the righthand pane and click Remove.

  4. When you are finished, click OK.

For more information, see Roles.

Deleting a role

To delete a role

  1. Click MC_Edit.png next to the role you want to delete. A dialog box opens, showing the number of users that have this role assigned to them.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the role by clicking OK.

For more information, see Roles.