Setting Access Control for Business Rules Project

Prerequisites

You should have a running instance of SAP AS.
You should have deployed the project from the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

More Information: Deploying Rules

Context

Access to the rules project is determined by the access control mechanism. A project can be retrieved from the repository only if a user has read or write permissions to the project. Unless the access control is set, projects cannot be opened in the Rules Manager.

Procedure

Log on to the SAP NetWeaver Administrator by using the link http://<servername>:<Port>/nwa .
Choose the Operation Management tab.

The Operation Management tab page opens.
Choose Identity Management .

The Identity Management: Overview page opens.
Creating a User
1. Under the Search section, choose the Create User button.
  
  The Details section opens.
2. Enter the following data:
  - Username
  - Password
  - Name
3. Choose Save .
  
  The newly created username appears in a table under the Search section.
Creating a Role
1. Choose Role from the drop down menu next to the Search Criteria field.
2. Choose the Create Role button.
  
  The Details section opens.
3. Enter a name for the role in the Unique Name field.
4. Choose Save .
  
  The role appears in the table under the Search section.
Assigning a Role to the Usert.
1. In the Details of Role <role name> section, choose the Modify button.
2. Choose the Assigned Users tab.
3. Enter the username in the Search Criteria field and choose Go .
  
  The username appears in the table.
4. Select the username and choose the Add button.
5. Choose Save .
Choose the Business Rules Access Control Management tab.
In the Business Rules Access Control Management tab page that opens, enter the role name in the Find field.
Choose the next to for DC Name field.
In the Find Development Component dialog box that appears, select the project that you want to add permissions.

The project appears in the for DC Name field.
Choose Go button next to for DC Name field.

All the rulesets of the selected project appear in the table.
Choose the Edit button.
Set permission to the project by choosing Full or Read from the drop down menu.

You can also set permissions for the individual rulesets in the table under Access column.
Choose Save .
Log off from the SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
Log in to the Rules Manager using the newly created username and password.

More information: Logging into the Rules Manager

Next Steps

Setting Authorizations in Business Rules Management