Managing admin roles for portal administrators

Manage custom roles for IBM® MaaS360® Portal administrators.

Procedure

From the IBM MaaS360 Portal home page, select Setup > Portal Administration > Roles.
The Manage Roles page is displayed.

Review the following options for roles.

Option	Description
Role Name	The name of the role.
Role Description	Information about the role that was added when the role was created.
Last Updated By	The last account that updated the role.
Last Update Date	The last time the role was updated.
Created By	The account that created the role.
Created Date	The date the role was created.

Select a role, and then take any of the following actions on the role.

To update existing details about a role such as role name, description, or access rights, click Edit, and then click Save.

Roles with duplicate names are listed with more details about role hierarchy that helps the administrator choose the right roles to update administrator roles. Hover over the role name to view more information about the role.

Administrator: No inheritance is specified since this role is inherited from the immediate partner's role.
Administrator (Inherited from example account number 1122334455): Inherited from 1122334455 (level1partner under 11122233).
Administrator (Inherited from account number 11122233): Inherited from 11122233 (level2partner under 66622211).

To remove a role, click Delete. The role is deleted from the Manage Roles page. If a role that is deleted is associated with an administrator account, refer to the following scenarios.

Scenario	Description
An administrator account is associated with only one role and that role is being deleted for the account.	Displays a confirmation message that the role is deleted for the administrator account and that the account is now read-only. The administrator cannot log in to the MaaS360 Portal. The accounts that are also inactive for the administrator account are listed. Click Continue to confirm the deletion of the role for the administrator account. Note: Contact IBM Support to reactivate administrator accounts that are read-only.
An administrator account is assigned many roles, but one of the roles is being deleted for the account.	Does not display a confirmation message that a role is deleted for the administrator account. Clicking Delete removes the role for the administrator account. Administrators are no longer associated with this role. The other roles that are associated with the administrator account are not affected.

Scenario

Description

An administrator account is associated with only one role and that role is being deleted for the account.

Displays a confirmation message that the role is deleted for the administrator account and that the account is now read-only. The administrator cannot log in to the MaaS360 Portal. The accounts that are also inactive for the administrator account are listed.

Click Continue to confirm the deletion of the role for the administrator account.

Note: Contact IBM Support to reactivate administrator accounts that are read-only.

An administrator account is assigned many roles, but one of the roles is being deleted for the account.

Does not display a confirmation message that a role is deleted for the administrator account.

Clicking Delete removes the role for the administrator account. Administrators are no longer associated with this role. The other roles that are associated with the administrator account are not affected.

To view administrator actions taken on a role, click History. To view specific changes to a role, click View Changes. Any changes that are made to a role are marked in green in the change history. You can also export the change history as a CSV file, an XML file, or in an Excel spreadsheet.

Note: The portal administration roles that are available for an administrator account depend on the access rights that are available for the administrator account.

Optional: Click Refresh to refresh the contents of the Manage Roles page.