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webMethods Developer Portal user roles

The webMethods Developer Portal user roles include administrators, providers, partners, and consumers. Of the four user roles, you can add and manage API consumers from webMethods Developer Portal. For more information, see Native registration.

You can create and manage the other three roles from webMethods Hybrid Integration. The users who are created from webMethods Hybrid Integration must sign in to webMethods Developer Portal. After the initial sign-in, the users are registered with the capability. Users are given the webMethods Developer Portal privileges based on their role in webMethods Hybrid Integration.

The following table lists the webMethods Hybrid Integration users roles and their corresponding webMethods Developer Portal user roles.
Users roles in webMethods Hybrid Integration Equivalent webMethods Developer Portal user roles Description
  • API management admin
  • iPaaS admin
  • Service Admin
  • Service owner
 Administrator Administrators have access to all modules, all users and they can administer webMethods Developer Portal.
  • API management user
  • Service user
 Provider Providers can manage assets such as APIs, packages, applications, and communities, and view API economy and usage dashboards. Providers can view all providers, partners, and consumers.
  • API management partner
 Partner Partners can manage APIs and communities. API partners can publish APIs to private communities, and assign owners (users or teams) to APIs. User with this privilege can view other partners and consumers.
Not applicable Consumer Consumers can use API gallery, try APIs, and view API usage analytics. User with this privilege can view other consumers based on the configured consumer visibility. For more information, see Configuring consumer visibility.

For more information about webMethods Hybrid Integration user roles, see Roles in IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration.