About user groups

Users can become members of a group, thereby providing them with a variety of group-specific permissions. Each user must be a member of one of the following default system user groups. These relate to a user's account type and include the following:

Everyone

This group contains all users. Upon installation of TIBCO Nimbus® , the Everyone group will be assigned all permissions, i.e. every user will have full access to the system.

Administrators

These users can create and maintain user accounts and have access to all features within the Author Client and Web interface. At least one administrator must exist in the system.

Authors

These users create, edit and manage the content held within the Process Repository. By default, they have access to the majority of functionality in TIBCO Nimbus®  and can access both the Author Client and Web interface.

Contributors

These users have access to the Web Client only and have limited capabilities. Additional modules can be assigned to contributors which provide additional access to functionality. See Summary of User Rights for more information on contributors.

Unassigned

These users do not have any access to either the client or web server. Users in this group may have been automatically added to the Process Repository following the unloading of a packaged map, for example.

Aside from the above system user groups, custom groups can be created. Users that are members of a custom group will inherit the group's permissions. Roles can also be associated with a group, thereby associating the role to all group members.

How do I view which custom groups users are members of?

You can view which custom groups users have been assigned to by including the Groups field in the User Details List report. This is also useful as it highlights any users that are not members of any custom groups. Note that this does not apply to the system default user groups (for example, administrators, process authors, change managers, etc).

From the Reports menu (in the User Accounts window), choose User Details List. To add the Group column to the report, from the View menu choose Column Customizing, then click and drag the Group column header onto the existing report headers.