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Roles mapped to business models

WebSphere Commerce provides default sets of roles. The Site Administrator must assign specific roles to every organization before assigning users to those roles. An organization can only take on roles that have been assigned to its parent organization.

All roles in WebSphere Commerce are scoped to an organization. For example, a user plays the Product Manager role for Organization X. In this case, Organization X must support the Product Manager role. In general, an organization must support a role before any user can be assigned that role for that organization. The access control policies could then be setup such that this user can only perform product management operations within the context of Organization X and its sub-organizations.

Assigning roles to users and organizations is done in the MBRROLE table.

The default roles that come with WebSphere Commerce can be grouped into the following categories:

Each role is associated with one or more business models. Within, each model, a role can perform a select number of tasks using the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, Administration Console, and Organization Administration Console tools.

The following table displays the access that each role has to each of the tools. Before assigning roles to users, ensure that you have the correct information about what access restrictions are applicable to that role.

Roles mapped to WebSphere Commerce tools
Roles Starter stores Tools
Account Representative

Buyer Administrator

  • Organization Administration Console

Buyer Approver

  • Organization Administration Console

Buyer (sell-side)

Buyer (buy-side)

This role is available in the starter stores, but does not have access to any specific tool.
Category Manager

Channel Manager

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

  • Organization Administration Console

  • Management Center

Customer Service Representative

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Customer Service Supervisor

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Logistics Manager

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Marketing Manager

Operations Manager

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Pick Packer

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Procurement Buyer

This role is available in the starter stores, but does not have access to any specific tool.
Procurement Buyer Administrator

This role is available in the starter stores, but does not have access to any specific tool.
Product Manager

Receiver

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Registered Customer

This role is available in the starter stores, but does not have access to any specific tool.
Returns Administrator

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

Sales Manager

Seller

Seller Administrator

  • Organization Administration Console

Site Administrator (Root Organization)

  • WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

  • Organization Administration Console

  • Administration Console

  • Management Center

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  1. The Site Administrator is the only role with access to the Administration Console.

 


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