Defining Roles

There are four significant roles in Catalog Management: the administrator, the taxonomist, the manager within the enterprise, and the catalog partner.

Field or Control	Description
Enterprise Catalog Administrator	The enterprise catalog administrator has access to all catalog setup information and the ability to assign themselves as an enterprise catalog manager for all catalogs that he or she creates. This person creates catalogs and grants catalog access. Note: Only enterprise catalog managers can gain access to catalog content.
Taxonomist	The taxonomist defines categories and category hierarchies.
Enterprise Catalog Manager	The enterprise catalog manager has access to catalogs to create and maintain data. This person manages data on behalf of a partner or for items provided directly by the enterprise. The catalog manager performs these activities: Catalog, partner, and partner offering maintenance. Importing, transforming, and loading data. Categorization. Staging. Moving catalogs to production. Rollback (Return to a previous version of the production catalog). Syndication. Browsing enterprise and partner offerings. Manually updating enterprise catalog offerings and partner offerings.
Catalog Partner	Catalog partners can access only their own catalogs. Access is determined by permissions assigned at the catalog level. The enterprise catalog manager and the catalog partner share the responsibility for catalog content maintenance. The catalog partner performs these activities: Partner offering maintenance. Importing, transforming, and loading data. Categorization. Staging. Browsing partner offerings. Manually updating partner offerings.