Use the Mobile Administration view to add, edit and delete roles. See Mobile Administration View.
UA provides default roles, which include PortalAdmin, PortalGuest, PortalUser, StudioAdmin, everybody, manager, and superuser. See "Managing Role-based Security" in Chapter 6 of the Unwired Accelerator Administration Guide for detailed information about these roles. You can create your own roles and decide which permissions to grant to each role. Users see only those objects for which they have the necessary roles.
To add roles:
To access the Create a New Role dialog box, you can do one of the following:
Click the arrow in the Mobile Administration view local toolbar to display the pull-down menu and select New|New Role.
Right-click the Roles folder and select New Role.
Specify the following information:
Create a new role
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Role Name | Enter a name for the new role. |
| Active | Select this box to make the role active. |
| Description | Enter a description for the role. This is optional. |
| Additional Information | Shows information about the role, including:
|
In the Permission field, the tabs represent the objects for which you can set permissions. Click on the object tab to see the list of permissions you can assign to the role. Typical access permissions include read, write, update, create, and delete.
| Objects | Permissions |
|---|---|
| Accounts | Create, Delete, Edit, Manage, SelectCompany |
| Applications, Pages, Page Groups | Approved, Archived, Broken, Create, Deleted, Display, Edit, Find, Manage, New, Pending, Properties, Refresh, Rejected, Shared, SkipWorkflow |
| Catalogs | Approved, Archived, Broken, Create, Deleted, Display, Edit, Find, GetShared, Manage, New, Pending, Preview, Properties, Rejected, SelectCompany, Shared, SkipWorkflow |
| Personalize | Create, Delete, Edit, Manage |
| Portal | Deploy, Export, Import, UpdateCatalog, UpdatePage |
| Portlets | Active, Approved, Archived, Broken, Create, Deleted, Edit, Element, Find, GetShared, Manage, New, Pending, Preview, Properties, Publish, Rejected, Replace, SelectCompany, Shared, SkipWorkflow |
| Resources, Roles | Create, Delete, Edit, Manage, Undelete |
| Studio | Administrator permission for everything under the connection profile. A user must have this permission to explore and edit MobiLink, Personalization key, Automation, M-Business and Mobile Administration. Without this permission, a user is only able to edit their personalization values when they right-click the Mobile Personalization icon. |
| Templates | Active, Approved, Archived, Broken, Create, Deleted, Edit, Manage, New, Pending, Preview, Rejected, Shared, SkipWorkflow |
Use the Select All and Deselect All buttons to choose the permissions you want to assign for that object, or select the checkbox to the left of the permission to select it individually.
Click OK.
To edit roles
You can edit the permissions granted to roles any time. You cannot, however, edit the Role Name.
In the Mobile Administration view, under the Roles folder, right-click the role you want to edit. The Edit Role Information dialog box appears.
Use the Edit Role Information dialog box to change the permissions assigned to the role.
Click OK when you are finished.
To delete roles
In the Mobile Administration view, under the Roles folder, right-click the user you want to delete and select Mark For Deletion.
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