7.25.2.1 Role of an Administrator

There are two types of Administrators as defined by the OFS Analytical Applications Infrastructure: A User Administrator and System Administrator.

• System Administration: refers to a process of managing, configuring, and maintaining confidential data in a multi-user computing environment. A System Administrator creates functions, roles, and mapping functions to specific roles. A System Administrator also maintains segment information, holiday list, and restricted passwords to ensure security within the application. The following are the activities of a System Administrator:
  • Function Maintenance
  • Role Maintenance
  • Function-Role Mapping
• User Administration: is one of the core functions of Security Management which involves administrators to create user definitions, user groups, maintain profiles, authorize users and user groups, and map users to groups, domains, and roles. A User Administrator controls the user privileges in accessing the application and is based on business requirements to provide access to view, create, edit, or delete confidential data.

A User Administrator grants permissions based on user roles and requirements.

The respective roles must be mapped to administrative user SYSADMN.