System administration
Content Manager OnDemand provides the ability to centralize or decentralize the administration of the system. A centralized environment means that one type of user, a system administrator, controls the creation and access to all of the objects defined on the system. A decentralized environment means that the tasks of the system administrator are divided and assigned to other users. The responsibilities of the other users may vary from user administration, group administration, application group administration, folder administration, or any combination of the administrative tasks.
The decision to centralize or decentralize the administration of the system should be made before objects are added to the system. While the decision is reversible, the amount of work required to change from one type of administration to the other can be significant if a large number of users, groups, folders, and application groups have already been added.
- In the Object Type model, all of the objects on the system are logically grouped into administrative domains according to the type of the object. The administrator of a domain maintains all of the objects within the domain. For example, an application group/folder/cabinet administrator maintains all of the application, application group, folder, and cabinet objects on the system.
- In the Object Owner model, the objects on the system are logically grouped into administrative domains according to the creator/owner of the object. An administrator maintains only the objects that they create. For example, a user with create application groups and create folders authority can maintain only the applications, application groups, and folders that they created. The Object Owner model can be used to separate the objects on the system into logical parts, such as a department, a company, or some other entity. Each part is independent of the other and should be maintained separately. Each part typically requires two administrative users. One user has the responsibility for creating and maintaining users and groups. The other user has the responsibility for creating and maintaining applications, application groups, and folders. However, you can also define one user with the authority to create and maintain users, groups, applications, application groups, and folders. In effect, the one user would be the system administrator for a logical part of the system.