Assigning Administrator Permissions to Producer Objects 

Applicable to: remote role assignment, remote delta link, WSRP application sharing 

Use

The system administrator on the consumer portal must assign administratorpermissions in the Permission Editor to producer objects so other administrators on the consumer can perform the various tasks related to the producer. The level of assigned administrator permission determines which tasks an administrator can perform.

This topic describes the various administrator permissions settings to a producer object and how they affect administrative tasks on a consumer portal. Note that permissions assigned to shared content by the system administrator on the producer also determine the tasks that administrators can perform on the consumer.

■       Role assignerpermissions to producer objects are not relevant on the consumer.

■       The system administrator on the consumer must also assign end-user permissions to producer objects to enable content to run at runtime. End-user permission is typically assigned at later stage after the remote content has been created on the consumer and assigned to its business users; see Assigning End-User Permission to Producer Objects and Content.

■       The permissions model in the portal also applies to producer semantic objects. If you want, you can assign permissions to folders in the Portal Catalog; the producer objects inherit the permissions of their containing folder.

Prerequisites

●      You have authorization to access the main Permission Editor. (Not mandatory for system administrators with authorization to access the Manage My Producers screen.)

●      You have owner admin permission (needed to modify and assign permissions to objects).

Procedure

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       1.      Launch the Permission Editor by doing one of the following:

¡        Open the main Permission Editor:

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                                                  i.       In the portal, navigate to System Administrator → Permissions → Portal Permissions.

                                                ii.       In the Portal Catalog, right-click a producer object or parent folder.

                                               iii.       Note that producer objects are located in the root folders: NetWeaver Content Producers and WSRP Content Producers

                                               iv.       Choose Open → Permissions.

¡        Open the Permission Editor as a secondary editor in the Manage My Producers screen:

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                                                  i.       In the portal, navigate to System Administration → Federated Portal → Myself as Content Consumer → Manage My Producers.

                                                ii.       Do any of the following:

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○        Edit the producer object and then launch the Permission Editor from the object editor toolbar.

○        Right-click the producer object in the Portal Catalog and then choose Open → Permissions in the context menu.

Note that in the Manage My Producers screen, you can do the same for the parent folder of a producer object. Producer objects can inherit the permission assigned to their parent folders.

       2.      In the Permission Editor, add administrator users, groups, or roles to the producer object or parent folder.

       3.      To each user, group, or role you add, assign administrator permissions in the Administrator column.

The following table describes which administrative tasks on the producer can be performed based on each administrator permission setting:

			Administrator Permission
Administration Task	Owner	Full-control	Read/Write	Read	None
Assign permissions to a producer object	Yes	No	No	No	No
Delete a producer object	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Add a producer1	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Edit the producer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
View producer and its properties	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
View producer aliases	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Add and remove producer aliases	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Test connection to a producer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Register/unregister a consumer on a producer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Block/unblock access to a producer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
View remote roles (for remote role assignment) 2,3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
View and copy remote content as delta links4,6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Create proxy-to-portlet iViews (WSRP application sharing)5,6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

¹ The permission setting must be assigned to the folder in which the producer object is created.

² The permission setting allows the user administrator to view the remote roles of the producer in the Identity Management tool. This permission setting has no effect on whether or not the producer is displayed in the any of the data source dropdown lists in the Identity Management tool.

³ Other permissions must be assigned to remote roles on the producer portal, which allow remote role assignment to be performed. See Exposing Roles on the Producer for 'Remote Role Assignment' Usage.

⁴ Required to view the remote producer in your Portal Catalog and through it to browse though its exposed content. For information on the required permissions that must be assigned to remote content on the producer portal to support remote delta link mode, see Exposing Content on the Producer for 'Remote Delta Link' Usage.

⁵ Required to view and choose the producer in the iView Wizard. For information on all the required permissions that must be assigned to remote iViews on a NetWeaver producer portal to support WSRP application sharing mode, see Exposing WSRP iViews on the Producer for NetWeaver Consumers.

⁶ Administrator permissions set to producer objects do not restrict an administrator's ability to view and edit local content created on the consumer from remote-based content (remote delta link content and proxy-to-portlet iViews). Separate permissions must be applied to the remote-based local content on the consumer by the system administrator or content administrator.

       4.      Save the producer object to apply changes.