Understanding user security roles

When a user logs in to Information Console, the user receives a set of functionality based on the user's security role on the connected BIRT iServer System. This functionality includes access to Information Console functions such as searching or sharing files. All users can access the following resources:

n	Files and folders

n	Jobs status list

n	Notification channels

All users can delete files when they have the appropriate privileges and can use interactive viewing if the Interactive Viewer option for iServer is installed. When a BIRT 360 option for iServer is installed, all users can view existing dashboards.

The BIRT iServer administrator can assign additional functions to a user’s security role.

Default user functionality levels correspond with user security roles on the BIRT iServer and offer the following user functions, as shown in Table 1-7.

Table 1-7  Default security roles and the corresponding functionality 

Functionality	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced	Administrator
Accessing Documents, My Jobs, and Channels	√	√	√	√
Adding and changing dashboard gadgets: data selection and data visualization			√	√
Adding and changing dashboard gadgets: report and extras		√	√	√
Building and modifying dashboard files		√	√	√
Cloning and creating Information Console skins				√
Creating and deleting folders			√	√
Creating job notifications with email and attachments		√	√	√
Deleting files the user creates		√	√	√
Searching document files or folders		√	√	√
Setting job priority			√	√
Sharing BIRT Gadget files			√	√
Sharing dashboard files		√	√	√
Sharing files and folders			√	√
Subscribing to channels		√	√	√
Using browser-based BIRT Interactive Viewer	√	√	√	√
Viewing BIRT Dashboard files	√	√	√	√

Customized versions of Information Console can have different user levels which offer different functionality. The Encyclopedia volume administrator can change existing security roles and functionality levels.

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