Table Of Contents
Configuring Users Roles in Cisco Unified Presence Administration
How to Manage User Roles in Cisco Unified Presence
Configuring a Role
Finding a Role
Deleting a Role
Configuring Users Roles in Cisco Unified Presence Administration
January 27, 2009
Roles allow Cisco Unified Presence administrators who have full administration privilege (access) to configure end users and application users with different levels of privilege. Administrators with full administration privilege configure roles and user groups. In general, full-access administration users configure the privilege of other administration users and end users to Cisco Unified Presence Administration and to other applications.
Different levels of privilege exist for each application. For the Cisco Unified Presence Administration application, two levels of privilege exist: read privilege and update privilege. These privilege levels differ as follows:
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Users with update privilege can view and modify the Cisco Unified Presence Administration windows to which the user group of the user has update privilege.
•A user with read privilege can view the Cisco Unified Presence Administration windows that belong to the roles to which the user group of the user has read privilege. A user with read privilege for a window cannot, however, make any changes on those administration windows to which the user has only read privilege. For a user with read privilege, the Cisco Unified Presence Administration application does not display any update buttons nor icons.
Roles comprise groups of resources for an application. At installation, default standard roles are created for various administrative functions. You may, however, create custom roles that comprise custom groupings of resources for an application.
Note Certain standard roles have no associated application nor resource. These roles provide login authentication for various applications.
•How to Manage User Roles in Cisco Unified Presence
How to Manage User Roles in Cisco Unified Presence
•Configuring a Role
•Finding a Role
•Deleting a Role
Configuring a Role
You can manage (add, modify and delete) roles within the Cisco Unified Presence server. Each role contains read-only or update access-permissions that give you a finer granularity when deciding which users will be able to write access to certain pages.
Procedure
Step 1 Select User Management > Role.
Step 2 Perform one of the following actions:
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If you want to:
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Action
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Copy an existing role |
a. Locate the appropriate role. b. Click Copy next to the role that you want to copy. c. Enter a name for the new role and click OK in the popup window that displays. d. Continue with Step 3. |
Add a new role |
a. Click Add New b. Select an application from the Application list box. c. Click Next. |
Update an existing role |
a. Locate the appropriate role. b. Continue with Step 3. |
Step 3 Enter the role configuration settings as described below:
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Field
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Description
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Role Information
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Application |
From the list box, select the application with which this role associates. |
Name |
Enter a name for the role. Names can have up to 50 characters. |
Description |
Enter a description for the role. Descriptions can have up to 50 characters. |
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Resource Access Information
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(list of resource names for the chosen application) |
In the Resource Access Information pane, click the check box(es) next to the resource or resources that you want this role to include. Note In some applications, only one check box applies for each resource. In the Cisco Unified Presence Administration application, a read check box and an update check box apply to each resource. |
Grant access to all |
Click to grant privileges for all resources that display on this window for this role. Note If the list of resources displays on more than one window, this button applies only to the resources that display on the current window. You must display other windows and use the button on those windows to change the access of the resources that are listed on those windows. |
Deny access to all |
Click to remove privileges for all resources that display on this window for this role. Note If the list of resources displays on more than one window, this button applies only to the resources that display on the current window. You must display other windows and use the button on those windows to change the access of the resources that are listed on those windows. |
Step 4 Click Save to add the role.
Troubleshooting Tips
•Copying a role also copies the privileges that are associated with that role.
•You can assign read and write access permission to each resource listed. If you do not select read access, user groups associated with this role will not be able to modify data in the selected window.
Related Topics
Finding a Role.
Finding a Role
Because you might have several roles in your network, Cisco Unified Presence lets you locate specific roles on the basis of specific criteria.
Procedure
Step 1 Select User Management > Role.
Step 2 To find all records in the database, ensure the dialog box is empty; go to Step 4.
Step 3 To filter or search records, complete one of the following actions:
•From the first list box, select a search parameter.
•From the second list box, select a search pattern.
•Specify the appropriate search text, if applicable.
Step 4 Click Find.
Step 5 From the list of records that display, do one or more of the following:
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If you want to:
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Action
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View a record |
Click the link for the record. |
Reverse the sort order in the record list |
Click the up or down arrow, if available, in the list header. |
Related Topics
Web Browser Sessions, page 1-7
Deleting a Role
Procedure
Step 1 Select User Management > Role.
Step 2 Click the name of the role that you want to delete.
Step 3 Click Delete.
Step 4 Click OK.
Troubleshooting Tips
You cannot delete a standard role.
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