1.2 Terms and Definition

This topic contains some important terms and their explanations that you will encounter during the process.

Before you operate the security management system of your Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing installation, you must understand some important terms that you will encounter during the process.

Table 1-1 Terms and Definition

Terms	Definition
System Administrators	Typically, at the time of installation, two users are created by default in the System Database. These two users are the System Administrators. The System Administrators subsequently create all users and user roles in the system. The System Administrator user profiles would be typically created to enable the security managers in your bank or AMC, to log in to the system.
Functions	A function is any operation related to business maintenance or processing in the system. Most typically, each menu item appearing in the main menu could be thought of as a function. For a user, you can control access to different functions in the system. Any functions related to the Fund Manager component can be thought of as back office functions, and any functions related to the Agency Branch could be thought of as front office components. The functions are made available by the Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing implementers, at the time of installation.
User Profile	Each user who will use the system is given a unique profile in the database. This profile is known as a user profile. The profile of a user contains the User ID, the Password and the functions to which the user has access. A user can be assigned access to either back office (Fund Manager) functions, or front office (Agency Branch) functions, depending upon the tasks that the user must perform in your organization.
Roles	It is likely that users working in the same department at the same level of hierarchy need to have similar user profiles. In such cases, you can define a Role Profile, which includes access rights to the functions that are common to a group of users. A user can be linked to a Role Profile by which you give the user access rights to all the functions in the Role Profile. A role profile could contain either back office (Fund Manager) functions or front office (Agency Branch) functions.