Assigning teams to objects

You can assign a team to an object (such as a component or an application) when you create the object.

When a team is assigned to an object, only team members with the appropriate permissions can interact with that object. You can assign your teams to the objects that you create. To assign a team, you must be a team member and have the manage teams permission.

You can assign teams to an object when you create an object in the associated Create item window or by using the Configuration page after the object is created.

You can also assign teams by mapping teams to objects by using the mapping security feature. See Mapping teams to objects.
Note:
  • By default, new objects are assigned to all teams that you are a member of. To specify which teams to assign new objects to, see Setting the teams for your account.
  • Starting with 7.3.2, if a user belongs to multiple teams, the role permissions from the most restrictive team determines the user's overall access.

With the Create with Team Assignment permission enabled, you can add any additional team and type combinations to an object if you have the Create permission on at least one team-type mapping. With this permission, you can also add those team/type combinations in which you are not even a member.

For example, there are two teams: Team A and Team B. Team A is mapped with a standard component type. Team B is mapped with a standard component and component type 2. You are a member of Team A only and have the Create with Team Assignment permission enabled. As a member of Team A with Create with Team Assignment permission, when creating a component in IBM DevOps Deploy (Deploy), Team A is automatically selected. You can add Team B in the Add Teams field, even if you are not a member of Team B, provided both teams are mapped with standard component type. When editing a component, you cannot unmap Team A since you are a member, but you can select Team B as both teams share a standard component type and you are a member of one.

To assign teams to objects:

  1. On the server, open the Configuration pane or the Create dialog box for an object, such as a component. For a list of product areas that you can assign teams to, see Security types.

    In the following figure, the Teams field opens in the Create Component window.

  2. Click the checkbox to select a team from the Team list.
  3. Select a security type for the object from the Type list. The type defines the set of object permissions that are available to the team. Security types for the current object type are available. Initially, a type of object, such as components, has a single type that is defined for it, the standard type. For information about security types, see Security types.
  4. Click Add. More than one team can be added to an item.
    The selected team or teams can interact with the object immediately. Teams and their security type are listed on the Configuration page that is associated with the object. In the following figure, the matchwest team with the cHolder security type is assigned to a component.

  5. To remove a team from an object, click the cancel icon cancel for the team.