Managing user access to Db2 Data Management Console

As an administrator or creator of a Db2 Data Management Console instance, you can give other Cloud Pak for Data users access to the instance.

Before you begin

  • To give another user access to a Db2 Data Management Console instance, you must be an administrator of that instance.
  • A user can only be given access to a Db2 Data Management Console instance if the user exists on Cloud Pak for Data. To create a not yet existing Cloud Pak for Data user, you must be an a Cloud Pak for Data administrator. Follow these steps:
    1. Click Cloud Pak for Data main menu icon to open the Cloud Pak for Data main menu.
    2. Select Administer > Manage users. You see a list of the existing Cloud Pak for Data users.
    3. Click the New user button above the list.
    4. Provide the details of the new user and click Create when finished.

About this task

A user with access to a Db2 Data Management Console instance can have the following access privileges to the instance. The privileges are grouped in sets called roles.
Administrator
An administrator of a Db2 Data Management Console instance can:
  • View the details of the instance
  • Manage access to the instance (give access to other users or change their roles with regard to the instance
  • Delete the instance
User
A Db2 Data Management Console instance user can:
  • View the details of the instance

A user cannot create or delete instances. Neither can an instance user give other users access to the instance or change their roles.

The privileges associated with these roles are entirely independent of the privileges associated with the basic roles on Cloud Pak for Data.

For example, a user with an administrator role on Cloud Pak for Data might only be allowed to carry out user tasks on the Db2 Data Management Console instance.

On the contrary, a Cloud Pak for Data user might have administrative privileges on a Db2 Data Management Console instance.

Procedure

To give a Cloud Pak for Data user access to a Db2 Data Management Console instance or change a user's role with regard to the instance:

  1. Click Cloud Pak for Data main menu icon to open the Cloud Pak for Data main menu.
  2. Click My instances.
    You see the My instances page. The Provisioned instances tab is in front. Your instances are listed in a table.
  3. Click on the instance you want to work on.
  4. Click the icon (Drop-down menu on instances table on My instances page.) located at the right end of the page and select Manage access.
  5. On the Manage access page, you see the users with access to the instance listed in a table.
  6. Depending on what you want to do, follow one of the following procedures:
    • To give an additional user access to your instance:
      1. On the Manage access, click Add users.
      2. In the Add users window, select the user or user group by selecting the check boxes in front of the user or group names. The check boxes of users that already have access are grayed out.

        If the list is long, you can search for a particular user by entering the user name or a part of it in the Find users field above the table.

      3. Click the drop-down menu that is available on each user row in the table, select the access privileges (role) of the user you want to add:
        • Admin
        • User

        For information about these roles, see the About this task section above.

      4. Click Add.
    • To update a user's access to your instance:
      1. On the Manage access page, move your mouse pointer to the appropriate row in the list of users (table).
      2. Click the drop-down menu that is available on each user row in the table, select the access privileges (role) of the user you want to update:
        • Admin
        • User
    • To remove a user's access to your instance:
      1. On the Manage access page, move your mouse pointer to the appropriate row in the list of users (table).
      2. Click the Remove icon (trash can) on the very right of that row.
      3. Confirm by clicking Remove in the Remove this user? window.