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Angles for SAP IT Management Console

Roles

The authentication model of Angles for SAP is based on roles. A role is a set of privileges allowing a specific user to access a certain part of the data or execute certain tasks. These privileges can be set in three ways:

  • Allow - the user is allowed to perform this task.

  • Deny - the user is never allowed to perform this task.

  • Undefined - this role does not control this task.

Combining roles

Roles can be combined. You can do so by attaching subroles to a role, or assigning multiple roles to a user. To combine roles, go to Models → [Model name] → Roles. See also Subroles for more information.

Note that for role combinations, the following rules apply:

  • Deny overrules all other settings

  • Allow only overrules Undefined

  • Undefined equals Deny, unless a role specifically does Allow you to and none of the combined roles is assigned Deny

Roles per model

For each available role you can see:

  • Id - unique identifier of a role

  • Description - meaningful description of the role

  • Created - timestamp of creation

  • Created by - who created this role

  • User count - number of users that have this role assigned

  • Subroles - number of sub-roles within a role

You can execute the following actions:

Creating a role

To create a new role

  1. Click Create new role.

    The Create new role window appears.

  2. Enter the Role ID and the Description. The following characters are allowed: a-z, A-Z and _ .

  3. Click Create.

    The Edit role window appears.

    For more information about the settings in this window, see Editing a role.

Editing a role

To change the settings of a role

  1. Click Edit.

    The Edit role window appears. For more information about the tabs see:

  2. Click Save to confirm your changes.

Copying a role

You can duplicate the settings within a model as a practical starting point for new roles, or export the settings to a different model.

To copy a role

  1. Click Copy.

    The Copy role window appears.

  2. Enter a New role Id and click Copy to model to select the model to which you wish to copy the role.

  3. Click OK.

Showing consolidated role

Show consolidated role offers a summary of the role. It shows the settings of a role and the total number of users affected by it. Optionally, click on the arrows to see more details.

Managing users

Manage users allows you to add or remove users from a role.

To manage users

  1. Click Manage users.

    The Manage users window appears.

  2. Select one or more available users and click Add to move them to the selected users. Note that all users with access to Angles for SAP are listed. If a user is missing, add them under Users → All users and click Import new users.

    With Select all you can select all users in the list, and with Clear all you can remove all users from the list.

  3. Click OK.

    A Result window appears.

Deleting a role

To delete a role

  1. Click Delete.

    A Confirmation window appears.

  2. Click OK.

    The role is deleted from all user profiles to which it was assigned.