Oracle Retail AI Foundation Cloud Services Default Enterprise Roles

Oracle Retail AI Foundation Cloud Services is built with role-based access. Permissions are associated with roles.

The following roles are available:

Table 1-1 User Roles

Job Role Role Description

AIF Platform

ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

A user who understands all the parameters driving the application and is responsible for their configuration as well as managing the credential store for CE, RPM, and so on.

ANALYTIC_EXPERT_JOB

Responsible for understanding the retailer's business, has some business analytics training, and has been trained in the use of the CDT and DT applications.

ASSORTMENT_PLANNER_JOB

The Assortment Planner is responsible for creating the category assortments, to meet the roles, strategies, and tactics set for the category by the Category Manager. Multiple category assortments are created, for each cluster or store. One planner can be responsible for multiple categories.

CLUSTERING_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

Responsible for planning, building, and analyzing store clusters based on a variety of store and category attributes to support assortment, pricing, and space planning business processes in the Store Clustering Module.

CUSTOMER_ANALYST_JOB

Develops customer segments and analyzes their customer shopping and buying behavior to determine customer differentiation, trends, and opportunities in Customer Segmentation Module.

CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

Responsible for analytical defaults and configuration, testing, and model diagnosis. This includes Filter, Sampling and Attribute Mining in the Customer Segmentation Module.

FORECAST_ANALYST_JOB

Reviews and approves forecasts on a day-to-day basis. An advanced forecast analyst may also be responsible for forecast parameter maintenance and demand modeling activities.

MARKET_ANALYST_JOB

Reviews customer segments with business experts, suited (distinctly) for targeted promotion, category and assortment planning, targeted pricing, customer, and market basket analytics in Customer Segmentation module.

MARKET_BASKET_ANALYSIS_JOB

A user who understands the retailer's business, has some business analytics training, and is responsible for reviewing sales transaction affinity analysis.

MERCHANDISER_JOB

A Store Merchandiser (or In-Store Merchandiser) is an hourly employee who executes the placement and assembly of retail fixtures, adjustment of shelves and arrangement and placement of product on the shelves in accordance with CAD drawings and planograms.

RETURN_LOGISTICS_JOB

A user who is familiar with the retailer's product categories and has been trained in the use of the AE application.

SIZE_PROFILE_ANALYST_JOB

Responsible for system parameter maintenance to support size profile calculations. May also be responsible for approval of size profiles. A user who understands size and profile estimations and is able to review and submit them for the retailer's business.

SIZE_PROFILE_OPT_JOB

A user who understands size and profile estimations and is able to review and submit them for the retailer's business.

SOCIAL_ANALYTICS_JOB

A user who understands the retailer's business, has some business analytics training, and has been trained in the use of the Social Analytics application.

ATTRIBUTE_EXTRACTION_JOB

A user who is familiar with the retailer's product categories and has been trained in the use of the Attribute Extraction.

ATTRIBUTE_BINNING_JOB

A user who understands the retailer's business, has some business analytics training, and has been trained in the use of the CDT application and attribute binning application.

DATA_SCIENCE_ANALYST_JOB

Data Science Analyst role for a retailer using Innovation Workbench using APEX Workspace

DATA_SCIENCE_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

Data Science Administration role for Retailer using Innovation Workbench using APEX Workspace

DATA_SCIENCE_ORCL_ADMIN_JOB

Data Science Cloud Administration role for a retailer using Innovation Workbench using APEX Workspace

DATA_SCIENCE_OLDS_ADMIN_JOB

Role to enable the administration of python notebook service under Innovation Workbench

DATA_SCIENCE_OLDS_ANALYST_JOB

Role to enable the Python notebook for an analyst under Innovation Workbench.

POSLOGS_SERVICE_JOB

Point of Sales broadcast listener role to enable integration between AI Foundation Cloud Services and Oracle XStore.

PLATFORM_SERVICES_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT

Platform Services role required for accessing services.

Assortment Space Optimization

CATEGORY_MANAGER_JOB

Product-assortment-centric user who is interested in viewing ASO results and in the translation of data between CMPO, Retail Analytics, and ASO.

SPACE_PLANNER_JOB

A Store Planner is a corporate employee with responsibility for designing the layout of floor plans, department sizes and locations, the layout of fixtures and aisles, applying health, safety and welfare guidelines, and managing and publishing floor-plan versions. This user is also responsible for the day-to-day micro-space optimization activities.

MERCHANDISING_ANALYST_JOB

Main business user responsible for day-to-day micro-space optimization activities

SPACE_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

Responsible for general system setup and configuration tasks related to the business

FORECAST_MANAGER_JOB

Responsible for analytical configuration, testing, and model diagnosis.

Promotions and Markdowns Optimization

BUYER_JOB

Responsible for a department or departments and makes the budget decisions for pricing recommendations. Approves or rejects an OO run. Responsible for the translation of data between OO and Oracle Retail Price Management (RPM) and Oracle Retail Customer Engagement (CE).

PRICING_ANALYST_JOB

Main business user responsible for day-to-day pricing optimization activities (e.g., creating scenarios).

PRICING_MANAGER_JOB

Responsible for analytical configuration, testing, and model diagnosis. Oversees the work done by the pricing analyst.

PRICING_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

Responsible for the general system setup and configuration tasks related to the business.

Offer Optimization

CHATBOT_QNA_VIEW_JOB

Conversational AI role to enable frequently asked question types of bot conversation.

CHATBOT_SERVICE_JOB

Conversational AI role to enable integration between AI Foundation Cloud Services and Oracle Chatbot.

CHATBOT_VIEW_JOB

Conversational AI role to enable real time bot conversations.

TARGETED_OFFER_JOB

User who probably works in the marketing department and who is responsible for accepting or rejecting targeted offers that are sent out to customers.

Inventory Optimization

INVENTORY_ANALYST_JOB

Works closely with the buyer to ensure product distribution aligns to strategy. Main business user responsible for day-to-day inventory optimization activities (e.g., reviewing strategies, recommendations, and so on).

Note that in stage and pre-production environments, users are assigned roles that are appended with _PREPROD.