Setting up user access to the critical path management tool

You can change the group that has access to the critical path management tool in Process Portal by updating the 100Custom.xml configuration file. You can then use the Process Admin Console to add users to the group.

Before you begin

Verify that the following components are stopped before completing this task:

Process Center server
IBM® Process Server

About this task

The following entry in the PROFILE_HOME\config\cells\cell_name\nodes\node_name\servers\server_name\process-server\config\system\99Local.xml configuration file defines the user group that is allowed to access the Critical Path Management tool in Process Portal. By default, this group is tw_process_owners:

<action type="ACTION_CHANGE_CRITICAL_PATH"> <role>tw_process_owners</role> </action>

The tw_process_owners group includes the tw_admin user by default.

If you want to change the default group for the critical path management tool, make the change in the PROFILE_HOME\config\cells\cell_name\nodes\node_name\servers\server_name\process-server\config\100Custom.xml configuration file.

Important: Make all required modifications to the 100Custom.xml file. Do not edit the 99Local.xml file.

Procedure

Open the 100Custom.xml file in a text editor.

Copy and paste the example code inside the <properties> element, and then set the value of the <role> element to the appropriate group name. The final result should resemble the following example:

<server> 
	<portal> 
		<default-action-policy> 
		<action merge="mergeChildren" type="ACTION_CHANGE_CRITICAL_PATH"> 
		<role merge="replace">my_role_name</role> 
		</action> 
		</default-action-policy> 
	</portal> 
</server>

Save your changes.
Start Process Center server and Process Server.
Start IBM BPM Process Admin Console in your web browser and then log on.
Navigate to the Group Management page, and add users to the group that you specified in the 100Custom.xml file.