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Hierarchy Manager Business Objects

Business objects must implement the Object Management Framework (OMF) object interface:

• Link Target. Business objects that are linked into one or more hierarchies. A given link target can only be linked once within one hierarchy, but can be linked to multiple different hierarchies at the same time. To link your business object through a hierarchy, you must implement the link target interface for your OMF object. By default, a user is a special element that is NOT a link target.
• Group or Folder. A specific link target maintained within the hierarchy that can have business objects as children, such as MSISDNs and MTN, and users, along with additional folders.
• Service Provide. Company that provides services that a customer has signed contracts for.
• Customer. A Customer of the service provider.
• User. An enrolled user that has a unique login name, password, and individually assigned and managed permissions that are assigned to a node in the hierarchy.
• Role. A role is a customer-defined set of default permissions that can be assigned to a user. The roles are permission sets that are customized by the client based on business requirements. The permissions mapped to roles are outside the scope of Hierarchy Manager.
• Permission. Permission allows a user to view or take action on information they have access to, based on the nodes they are assigned to in the hierarchy. Permissions include view summary, view detail, pay, report, manage hierarchy, assign users, assign permissions, and so on.