Configuring Global Task Functional Permissions

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About this task

You configure task functional permissions for all task types by granting or denying global functional permissions to a user, role, or group.

To configure task functional permissions

Procedure

  1. In My webMethods: Navigate > Applications > Administration > System-Wide > Permissions Management.
  2. In the Advanced tab, select My webMethods Applications as the resource type, and click Search.
  3. The search results place the My webMethods Applications in the Selected panel
  4. Click Next.
  5. In the Edit Permissions panel, do one of the following:
    • Select an existing principal and click Delete to remove it from the list of available principals.
    • Click Add Users/Groups/Roles to open the Add Principals panel, enabling you to search for and all any available user, role, or group to the list of available principals.
  6. Click the link in the Permissions column for the principal that you want to set permissions for. The text for this link can display either of these values:
    • Granted All—the principal has been granted all available permissions.
    • Custom—One or more of the available permissions is denied to the principal.
  7. On the Permissions panel, do one of the following:

    • Select the Grant or Deny check box for the following global task rule management functional permissions:

      Important: Clearing the Grant check box is not sufficient to deny the permission. You must explicitly select the Deny check box to ensure the permission is denied.
      • Create New Rule
      • Modify Rule
      • Modify Rule Variables
      • Delete Rule
    • Select the Grant or Deny check box for the Collaboration Process Administration permission.
    • Select the Grant or Deny check box for the Impersonate Users for Remote Clients permission.
  8. Click OK to complete your selections (this does not save your selections).
  9. Click Apply to save your selections.
  10. Repeat steps 6 - 9 to continue setting permissions for other principals, or click Back to return to the Permissions Management page.
  11. If you are creating a new user, role, or group, you must also specify task access permissions, as well as permissions for the task types you want to make available.