Users and Roles

LPO supports both data-level and role-based security controls.

• Data filtering defines which merchandise and locations a user can access. For example, the user Tom may be limited to viewing only U.S. locations.

• Role-based access governs what actions a user can perform within the application interface, ensuring users only see and interact with features relevant to their responsibilities.

The following table lists the user login roles that are available and can be assigned at the time of user creation:

Table 2-1 User Login Roles

Role	Equivalent IDCS Role(s)	Description
Pricing Analyst	PRICING_ANALYST_JOB or PRICING_ANALYST_JOB_PREPROD	Main business user responsible for day-to-day LPO activities and working through price recommendations.
Pricing Manager (or Analytical Super User)	PRICING_MANAGER_JOB or PRICING_MANAGER_JOB_PREPROD	Manages analytical configurations, testing, and model diagnostics.
Pricing Administrator	ADMINISTRATOR_JOB or ADMINISTRATOR_JOB_PREPROD	Responsible for the general system setup and configuration tasks related to the business.
Buyer	BUYER_JOB or BUYER_JOB_PREPROD	Responsible for department(s), who submits, approves, or rejects the LPO recommendations, and for the translation of data between LPO and Oracle Retail Price Management (RPM) and Oracle Retail Customer Engagement (CE).
Targeted Offer User	TARGETED_OFFER_JOB or TARGETED_OFFER_JOB_PREPROD	Responsible for working through the targeted price recommendations.
Regular Price User	REGULAR_PRICE_JOB or REGULAR_PRICE_JOB_PREPROD	Dedicated to working with regular price recommendations.

Note that the users must the following additional roles (depending on PROD or PREPROD) to access platform services such as saving preferences, saving Query Builder queries, and so on. PLATFORM_SERVICES_ADMINISTRATOR and PLATFORM_SERVICES_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT (OR) PLATFORM_SERVICES_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT_PREPROD and PLATFORM_SERVICES_ADMINISTRATOR_PREPROD

Table 2-2 Privileges on Runs and Recommendations

Privilege	Description
Create new LPO run	Set up and execute optimizations. All steps on the main train can be carried out, including creating a new run via the copy run functionality.
Modify the name and description of an existing LPO run	Open an existing run and modify the name and description of that run.
Modify the general strategy of an existing LPO run	Ability to modify the general strategy for that run. Not applicable for regular LPO runs.
View existing LPO run	Open an existing run and visit any step in the main train. The user can view data and search/aggregate/filter but cannot change anything.
Optimize a LPO run	Optimize a new or modified run or a failed run.
Review or Undo Review LPO recommendations	Review recommendations. Reviewed recommendations can be submitted or approved.
Submit or Undo Submit LPO recommendations	Submit recommendations for flat files or RPCS web service. When integrated with RPCS, it sends recommendations in Submitted status.
Approve or Undo Approve LPO recommendations	Approve recommendations for flat files or RPCS web service. When integrated with RPCS, it sends recommendations in Approved status.
Modify LPO recommendations	Ability to accept, reject, override, or add promotion, markdown or regular price recommendations.
Modify Targeted recommendations	Ability to accept, reject, or override targeted recommendations for that run.
Delete saved runs	Delete run setup information and results from the database.

Table 2-3 Privileges Based on Data Access

Privilege	Data Access	Pricing Analyst	Pricing Manager	Pricing Administrator	Buyer	Targeted Offer User
Create new LPO run*	All runs		X
View existing LPO run	All runs		X
Modify the name and description of an existing LPO run.*	Runs they created		X
Modify the general strategy of an existing promotion or markdown LPO run	Runs they created		X
	Batch runs		X
Optimize or re-optimize LPO run	Runs they created		X
	All runs with technical failures			X	X
Delete saved LPO runs*	Runs they created		X
	All runs			X
Modify promotion or markdown recommendation	Runs they created or batch runs	X	X		X
Recalculate LPO recommendations	Runs they created or batch runs	X
Review LPO recommendations	Runs they created or batch runs	X			X
Submit LPO recommendations	All runs				X
Approve LPO recommendations*	All runs				X
Modify targeted recommendations	Runs they created or batch runs					X
* LPO runs for generating regular price recommendations require additional regular price user role to the above-mentioned roles.

Table 2-4 Privileges Based on Run and Recommendation Status

Role	Privilege	Object	Status
Users	cannot modify existing LPO run	when run is	running
Users	cannot optimize LPO runs	when run is	running or autorun
Users	cannot delete saved LPO runs	when run is	running
Administrator	cannot delete saved LPO runs	when run has	approved or submitted recommendations
Users	cannot optimize batch runs	when run is in	any status
Users	cannot modify recommendations	when recommendation is	reviewed, submitted, or approved
Users	cannot modify recommendations	when recommendation is	pending calculation or changes
Users	cannot recalculate	when recommendation is	reviewed, submitted, or approved