Roles

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You can create a set of roles in License Metric Tool and assign each of them with different permissions. Then, you can assign those roles to particular users, thus making them responsible for different actions. By setting up correct roles, you can easily establish which user has access to particular functions in License Metric Tool. The roles can be assigned by the Administrator.

Preconfigured roles

License Metric Tool has four preconfigured roles: Administrators, Auditors, Software Asset Managers, and Infrastructure Administrators. Each of these roles has a different set of permissions that allow the users to perform various actions. The Administrator can edit or delete those roles, or create new ones and assign them permissions of your choice. The following table lists the preconfigured roles and their permissions.

Table 1. Roles preconfigured in License Metric Tool and their permissions
Permission Administrator Auditor Software Asset
Manager		 Infrastructure
Administrator
Display Preview Panels ✓      
Edit Server Configuration ✓      
9.2.14 Manage Catalogs ✓      
Manage Computer Groups ✓     ✓
Manage Computer Properties ✓      
9.2.31 Manage Custom Rules ✓   ✓ ✓
Manage Data Sources ✓      
Manage Directory Servers ✓      
9.2.24 Manage Endpoints ✓     ✓
Manage Entitlements and Part Numbers Uploads
(previously: Manage Part Numbers Upload)		 ✓   ✓ ✓
Manage Hardware Inventory ✓     9.2.31 ✓
Manage Imports ✓   ✓ ✓
Manage Metric Quantity Declarations
(previously: Manage Licenses)		 ✓   ✓  
Manage Roles ✓      
Manage Scan Configurations ✓     ✓
Manage Scan Uploads
(previously: Manage Uploads)		 ✓   ✓ ✓
Manage Software Classification ✓   ✓  
Manage Support Data ✓      
Manage Thresholds and Metric Custom Fields
(previously: Manage Contracts)		 ✓      
Manage User Provisioning ✓      
Manage Users ✓      
Manage VM Managers and Servers ✓     ✓
Upload Data to IBM® Software Central ✓   ✓  
View Audit Trail ✓ ✓ ✓  
9.2.40 View Security Audit ✓     ✓
View Endpoints ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
View Hardware Inventory ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
View License Metrics ✓ ✓ ✓  
View Shared Disks ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
View Software Catalog and Signatures ✓ ✓ ✓  

Permissions

The following list describes permissions that are available in License Metric Tool. Find out about each of them so that you can tailor the roles to your needs.

Important: Some of the permissions are specific only for the Administrator and cannot be assigned to other users. These permissions include:
  • Display Preview Panels
  • Edit Server Configuration
  • Manage Computer Properties
  • Manage Data Sources
  • Manage Directory Servers
  • Manage Roles
  • Manage Support Data
  • Manage User Provisioning
  • Manage Users
Table 2. Permissions
Permission Comments
Display Preview Panels The user can enable preview features.
Edit Server Configuration The user can change settings of the License Metric Tool server.
9.2.14 Manage Catalogs The user can edit the end of support date for software components, and add and remove tags on the selected reports
Manage Computer Groups The user can create, edit, and delete computer groups.
Manage Computer Properties The user can specify additional computer properties that are to be gathered from the computers in the infrastructure.
9.2.31 Manage Custom Rules The user can create and delete custom rules for software and hardware.
Manage Data Sources The user can add, edit, and delete BigFix servers that are used as data sources by License Metric Tool.
Manage Directory Servers The user can add, edit, and delete directory servers that are used for authentication of License Metric Tool users.
9.2.24 Manage Endpoints The user can decommission computers by using the api/sam/v2/computers REST API.
Manage Hardware Inventory
(previously: Manage PVU per Core)		 The user can change the PVU per core value that is assigned to a processor.
Manage Imports The user can schedule imports of data, and run them manually.
9.2.10 Manage Metric Quantity Declarations
(previously: Manage Licenses)		 The user can add custom part numbers to the software catalog, and assign additional license metrics to products.
9.2.3 Manage Part Numbers Uploads The user can manage uploads of the part numbers file.
Manage Roles The user can add, edit, and delete roles that are available in License Metric Tool.
Manage Scan Configurations The user can schedule software scans.
Manage Scan Uploads
(previously: Manage Uploads)		 The user can manage uploads of metric tables.
Manage Software Classification The user can reassign software instances between different products, include or exclude them in pricing calculations, and share them between more than one product.
9.2.15 Manage Support Data The user can access the Computer Support Data panel.
Manage Thresholds and Metric Custom Fields
(previously: Manage Contracts)

9.2.4 The user can set or edit the license threshold to be notified about excessive license consumption.

9.2.9 The user can add, edit, and delete custom fields.
Manage User Provisioning The user can integrate users from a directory server with License Metric Tool.
Manage Users The user can add, edit, and delete users that exist in License Metric Tool.
Manage VM Managers and Servers The user can create, edit, and delete VM managers.
Upload Data to IBM Software Central The user can upload license usage data to IBM Software Central from the All Metrics panel.
View Audit Trail The user can view the Audit Trail report that contains the history of all audit actions performed by users.
9.2.40 View Security Audit The user can view the Security Audit report that contains the history of all security actions performed by users.
View Endpoints The user can view information about the installed software as well as scan, registry, and raw data from endpoints.
View Hardware Inventory The user can view the details of the processors that are used by the software.
View License Metrics

The user can view the list of all software products that are contained in the PVU License Usage reports, the license type and usage for each product, the history of license consumption over the specified time period, and the top license consuming products.

9.2.9 The user can view values that are specified in custom fields.
9.2.12 View Shared Disks The user can view information about shared disks that are used in the infrastructure.
View Software Catalog and Signatures The user can view the software catalog and signatures.