Privileges and Roles

The operations you can perform, and the object classes you can perform them on are defined in the Administration Console, Users and Roles function. What you can do is determined by the privileges and/or role assignments that have been defined for your user.

A privilege is the ability to perform a certain operation on a particular class of object, for example to create a project, or to action a request. It can also be the ability to perform a general administrative function, such as to manage lifecycles or privileges.

A role is a set of privileges that can be assigned to one or more users, enabling them to carry out activities required for a certain position within the organization, for example Developer, or Team Leader.

For details about privileges and roles and how to use them, see Privileges and Roles.

Attributes

Items, requests, baselines, design parts, users, and products have a set of attributes that are specified in the process model. Attributes record and track important configuration information such as creation date, owner, status, description, and last updated. You can view, filter, and report on objects using these attributes.

Some attributes are inherent or system-defined and are always present for a particular type of object. You can also set up user-defined attributes specifically for your environment.

Related Topics

User-Defined Attributes

Attribute Types and Data Types

Valid Sets of Values

Attribute Update Rules