Who does what in API Connect?

Review the different functions that users can perform in API Connect, the typical set of tasks that is performed by each type of user, and the documentation that is most often used for each task.

Users

At the highest level, API Connect users belong to organizations - logical groups that define API management boundaries. Each API Connect service instance represents a single provider organization (p-org), which creates, publishes, and maintains APIs for consumption. These APIs are used by consumer organizations (c-orgs), where developers build applications that call the provider’s APIs. A single customer can create multiple consumer organizations (c-orgs). Each API Connect instance supports only one provider organization (p-org) but teams can organize APIs internally using categories or other groupings. When logging in to the API Connect, users select their active organization (p-org or c-org) and gain access to the resources and permissions assigned to that group for the session.

User Roles

The IBM® webMethods Hybrid Integration solution provides an infrastructure, tools, and facilities that allows users to create, manage, and stage APIs. The ability to perform tasks in the API Connect user interfaces is controlled through user roles, and the permissions that are assigned to those roles. The roles described here are the default API Connect roles. For more information about the user roles, see Roles in IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration