• Application: In Oracle Utilities cloud services the application represents a single environment, Production or non-Production. Applications are created by the subscription provisioning process.

• Application Role: In Oracle Utilities cloud services the Application Role represents an entitlement to access a component within the environment. Assigning user to an Application Role provides this user with access to this component. Application Roles are created by the subscription provisioning process.

• User: Users represent a human or non-human entity that is accessing the environment. User records are created and managed by the Security Administrator.

• Group: Groups comprise of one or more users. Groups are created and managed by the Security Administrator.