Assigning SAP Analytics Hub Roles Dynamically

You can dynamically assign SAP Analytics Hub authorizations to roles in your system.

Prerequisites

You must have an SAP Analytics Hub license to grant SAP Analytics Hub authorizations to new and existing roles.

Your current system must also be subscribed to an SAP Analytics Hub system; to verify, choose the Analytics Hub menu shown above; the Analytics Hub home page is displayed.

Context

When creating a new role or using an existing role, you want to assign authorizations to read assets, at the very least. This role is typically assigned to a user who needs to work with content in SAP Analytics Hub.

Procedure

Dynamically assigning SAP Analytics Hub authorizations to an existing role

  1. On the Roles page of the Security area, choose the Read authorization for Analytics Hub in the Analytics Hub Assets row.
    Note
    You cannot assign read authorization to Standard SAP Analytics Cloud roles.
  2. Choose (Settings) to define the following options in the Settings dialog:
    Option Description
    Use as Default Role The default role is assigned to new users if no role is specified when users are imported or created. You must select this option.

  3. On the Roles page, confirm that the new role is set as a default role.

Dynamically assigning SAP Analytics Hub authorizations to a new role

  1. On the Roles page of the Security area, choose (New) to add a new row to the roles management table.
  2. In the Create New Role dialog, enter the role name.
    Note
    Blanks are not allowed in the role name.
  3. Click OK.

    The role is created and a new page is displayed.

  4. Define the permissions for your new role for every activity. Check the permissions for the Analytics Hub Assets for the new role:

    • Name

      Minimal Required Permission
      Analytics Hub Assets
      • Read
  5. Choose (Settings) to define the following options in the Settings dialog:
    Option Description
    Use as Default Role The default role is assigned to new users if no role is specified when users are imported or created. You must select this option.

  6. On the Roles page of the Security area, confirm that the new role is set as a default role.