23 Managing Roles

This chapter describes how you can use Oracle Event Processing Visualizer to create and delete roles that associate permissions with user groups.

This chapter includes the following sections:

For more information, see Section 20.1, "User, Group, and Role Management".

23.1 Creating an Application Role

You can create an application role using the Oracle Event Processing Visualizer.

23.1.1 How to Create an Application Role

Oracle Event Processing is configured by default with a set of task roles that are in turn mapped to groups. See Section 20.1, "User, Group, and Role Management" for details.

This section describes how to create a new application role.

To create an application role:

  1. Log on to Oracle Event Processing Visualizer as a user with the Admin role.

  2. In the left pane, click the Domain > Security node, where Domain refers to the name of your Oracle Event Processing domain.

  3. In the right pane, click the Role tab.

    The Role tab appears as Figure 23-1 shows.

    Figure 23-1 Role Tab

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    Description of "Figure 23-1 Role Tab"

  4. Click the New Role button at the bottom of the right pane.

    The Add Application Role panel appears as Figure 23-2 shows.

    Figure 23-2 Add Application Role

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    Description of "Figure 23-2 Add Application Role"

  5. Configure the Add Application Role panel as Table 23-1 describes.

    Table 23-1 Add Application Role Panel Attributes

    Attribute Description

    Role Name

    Enter the name of the role.

    Application Name

    Select the radio button of the application you want to associate with this role from the list of all the currently running applications.

  6. Click OK.

    When the application role has been successfully created, a confirmation message appears momentarily.

23.2 Deleting a Role

You can delete an existing role using the Oracle Event Processing Visualizer.

23.2.1 How to Delete a Role

Oracle Event Processing is configured by default with a set of roles that are in turn mapped to groups: you cannot delete these default roles. See Section 20.1, "User, Group, and Role Management" for details.

This section describes how to delete a role that you created.

To delete a role:

  1. Log on to Oracle Event Processing Visualizer as a user with the Admin role.

  2. In the left pane, click the Domain > Security node, where Domain refers to the name of your Oracle Event Processing domain.

  3. In the right pane, click the Role tab.

  4. In the Role table, select the radio button to the left of the name of the role that you want to delete as Figure 23-3 shows.

    Figure 23-3 Selecting a Role

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    Description of "Figure 23-3 Selecting a Role"

  5. Click the Delete Role button at the bottom of the right pane.

    A confirmation dialog appears as Figure 23-4 shows.

    Figure 23-4 Delete Role Dialog

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    Description of "Figure 23-4 Delete Role Dialog"

  6. Click Yes.

    When the role has been successfully deleted, a confirmation message appears momentarily.