View My Authorizations

Any authorized user can view their authorizations by following the steps:

  1. Click the Profile icon on upper right part of the page.
  2. Click View My Authorizations application.
  3. Use the Actions menu on your customer number row and select View authorizations to see its details.

A couple of different authorizations types per application are provided so that a user can be granted:

View information

  • Search inventory (Inventory Explorer and Base Composer)
  • Run reports (Data Reports)
  • View existing machines and requests related to Virtual Serial Numbers (Power Capacity on Demand)
  • View pools, machines, capacity credits (Power Enterprise Pools)
  • Convert pool from prepaid to monthly billing (Power Enterprise Pools - Business Partners only)
  • List supported Storage machines (Storage License Management)
  • List supported Power machines (Update Access Keys)

Learn more about View information authorization.

Transfer inventory

  • Migrate software entitlements (Inventory Migration)
  • Migrate hardware activations (Inventory Migration)

Learn more about Transfer inventory authorization.

Update information

  • Upgrade Power software version and release (Software Updates)
  • Purchase Elastic capacity (Power Capacity on Demand)
  • Generate new Virtual Serial Numbers (Power Capacity on Demand)
  • Create new pools (Power Enterprise Pools)
  • Convert pool from prepaid to monthly billing (Power Enterprise Pools - IBMers and End Customers)
  • Add available or purchase new capacity credits for pools (Power Enterprise Pools)

Learn more about Update information authorization.

Manage keys

  • View keys (IBM i Software Keys)
  • Upgrade release (IBM i Software Keys)
  • Select start date for IBM temporary licenses (IBM i Software Keys)
  • Run reports (Data Reports)

Learn more about Manage keys authorization.

Download media

  • Access Power and Storage software (Software Downloads)
  • Entitled access to licensed products (IBM Cloud Registry)
  • Run reports (Data Reports)

Learn more about Download media authorization.

Special authorities

  • Administrator authority
  • Primary contact

For more details on special authorities, refer to Register Customer Numbers documentation.

Related topics:

→ Register Customer Numbers
→ Manage Customer Numbers