Managing collaborators on platform connections
You can specify which users can create and manage the connections in the Platform connections catalog.
Before you begin
- Required permissions
- To complete this task, you must have the Admin role on the catalog.
About this task
At a minimum, all platform users have the Viewer role on the Platform connections catalog. This ensures that IBM® Cloud Pak for Data users can use these connections as appropriate.
A user can have the following roles on the catalog:
Role | Description |
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Viewer | Users with this role can see the list of connections in the Platform
connections catalog. If a user has the appropriate credentials to access the underlying data source, the user can use the connection to connect to the data source. If you installed Cloud Pak for Data Version 3.5, the All users group is assigned the Viewer role. |
Editor | Users with this role can:
If you upgraded to Cloud Pak for Data Version 3.5, the All users group is assigned the Editor role. If you want more control over how connections are created, you can assign the All users group to the Viewer role. Additionally, if you attempt to assign a user the Viewer role, they will still have the Editor role through the All users group. |
Admin | Users with this role can:
When the catalog is created, any user with the Administrator role in Cloud Pak for Data is assigned the Admin role on the Platform connections catalog. |
If you assign a user the same role that is assigned to the All users group, the user is not displayed separately in the list of collaborators. The user is included in the All users entry. Only users with a different role are displayed individually.
Procedure
To manage the collaborators on the Platform connections catalog: