Giving users access to a Watson Discovery instance

After you install and provision a Watson Discovery instance, you can share the URL for the product user interface with other people. However, those users can log in to the product user interface only if you give them access.

Before you can give someone access to a Watson Discovery instance, the person must have access to use IBM Cloud Pak® for Data itself. For more information, see Managing access to the platform.

The following table describes the service roles.
Role Actions available
Admin
  • Start and use the product user interface.
  • Submit API requests.
  • Give users access to deployed instances.
  • Delete instances.
User
  • Start and use the product user interface.
  • Submit API requests.
To give people access to an instance of the Watson Discovery service, a person with the Admin role must complete the following steps:
  1. From the Cloud Pak for Data web client menu, click Services > Instances.
  2. Find your service instance, and then click the overflow menu, and choose Manage access.
  3. Click Add users.
  4. Search for the people that you want to add, and then select them.
    Note: If people that you want to add are not listed, make sure they have permission to access Cloud Pak for Data, as explained earlier.
  5. Assign a role to each person.
  6. Click Add users.