Assigning roles to users in Data Virtualization

IBM Cloud Pak for Data users that need to use Data Virtualization functions must be assigned specific Data Virtualization roles based on their job description.

Before you begin

You can use LDAP to authorize your users before you add a Data Virtualization role. See Connecting to your LDAP server for details.

You must be a Data Virtualization Admin to assign a Data Virtualization role to an existing Cloud Pak for Data user.

Procedure

  1. On the navigation menu, click Data > Data virtualization to reveal the service menu.
    The service menu opens to the Data sources page by default.
  2. On the service menu, click Administration > User management .
    The User management page appears.
  3. Click Grant access to assign Data Virtualization roles to Cloud Pak for Data users.
  4. Select the checkbox for the username that you want to assign a Data Virtualization role.
  5. Click the arrow for the user and select the Data Virtualization role from the list.
  6. Click Add.