16 Getting Started with Administration
Administration tasks include registering applications, importing and exporting dimensions, creating views, data chains and alternate viewpoints. Service administration tasks include adding users, groups and maintaining the environment.
Videos
Your Goal | Watch This Video |
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Review helpful information on getting started as a Service Administrator. |
Getting Started with Enterprise Data Management Cloud for Service Administrators |
Review helpful information on getting started as an application owner. |
Getting Started with Enterprise Data Management Cloud for Application Owners |
Identity Domain Administration Tasks
The Identity Domain Administrator creates users within Oracle Cloud My Services and assigns predefined roles, see Users in a Traditional Cloud Account and Understanding Predefined Roles.
Service Administration Tasks
A Service Administrator is a user with the predefined role of Service Administrator, and does these tasks:
- Assigns application roles to users within Access Control, see Access Control and Understanding Application Roles and Permissions.
- Migrates artifacts across test and production environments. See Using Migration.
- Performs daily maintenance, see Using the Maintenance Snapshot.
Note:
You must have the predefined role of Service Administrator to do these tasks.
Administration Tasks
An Administrator is a user with the predefined role of User. This table lists administration tasks and the minimum required roles and permissions needed to perform the tasks.
Task | Role | Permission | See |
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Assign permissions |
Owner or Metadata Manager on the dimension to assign permissions to the data
chain objects in that dimension
Owner on the view to assign view permissions |
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Create sample application |
You need the Service Administrator predefined role to create sample applications. |
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Create a View |
Views - Create application role | ||
Register applications |
Application - Create application role | ||
Modify applications |
Owner or Metadata Manager on the application | ||
Manage the lifecycle of data objects with archiving |
Owner or Metadata Manager on the data object | Understanding the Lifecycle of Data Objects and the Data Chain | |
Import dimensions |
Data Manager or Metadata Manager on the dimension that you want to import to |
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Export dimensions |
Data Manager or Metadata Manager on the dimension that you want to export from |
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Create alternate viewpoints |
Data Manager or Metadata Manager on the dimension and Owner on the view | ||
Create data chain objects |
Owner or Metadata Manager on the dimension | ||
Manage data |
Participant(Read) on the data chain object to view data Participant(Write) on the data chain object to make changes using requests Owner on an application or dimension to configure an approval policy for data objects in that application or dimension |
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Recreate service | You need the Service Administrator predefined role to recreate the service. | Recreating the Service |
To perform some administration tasks, you need roles which are assigned by the Service Administrator:
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You need the Application - Create role to register applications. After a application is registered you are assigned Owner permission to the application, enabling you to update the application and data, create data objects, and to give users permission to use the application.
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You need the Views - Create role to create views. After a view is created you are assigned Owner permission to the view, enabling you to update the view, and to give users permission on the view.