Role Mapping
- 03 Apr 2024
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Role Mapping
- Updated on 03 Apr 2024
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A centralized component that focuses on managing user access!
Role Mapping ensures that users have appropriate access to rights and permissions based on their roles and responsibilities. It also minimizes the risk of unauthorized access, data breaches, and insider threats.
The illustration showcases the capabilities of Role Mapping under the Platform Studio layer.
User persona: Super Admin
Let's explore the following Use Case for configuring Role Mapping!
Use Case User persona:Super Admin | Solution |
| Fredrick, at NovaTech needs to define the specific access details for the Super Admin role in both the Information Technology (IT) and Human Resources (HR) departments. This involves viewing, editing, or managing certain information or features within IT and HR. | Fredrick can implement Role Mapping functionality, facilitating seamless role management. He performs the following steps to achieve the requirements.
This approach streamlines the management of Roles and Access Control, making it easier for Fredrick to oversee and maintain the organization's apps and features. |
User Role Mapping
It is essential to map a Role and Role Template to a Domain since they are connected to a group of Modules and Tenants. Mapping users to the same Domain as specified by the Role Template enables their access to the Modules and Tenants based on the configuration settings defined within the Role Template.
Prerequisites
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- Select the specific Domain and Sub Domain for configuring the Role Mapping.
Figure: Selection of Domain and Sub Domain
Figure: Selection of Domain and Sub DomainTo configure Role Mapping, perform the following steps:
- Navigate to Platform Studio > Access Control Center > User Role Mapping. Add Mapping tab is displayed on the mapping list page.
- Click Add Mapping tab to view the new mapping screen.
You can view the following tabs for mapping control:
General
This section contains the list of properties using which the Super Admin can configure the respective control's Name, Domain, Sub Domain, Description, Role etc.
Figure: General
To know more about the fields that are available under the General section, see the Field Description given below.
Field Description
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Type the name of the Role Mapping that is to be configured. |
| Description | Describe the User Role mapping that is being configured. |
| Domain | Domain is selected by default. |
| Sub Domain | Sub Domain is selected by default. |
| Role | Choose a role for which the mapping is to be established from the Role dropdown. If there is no Role created in the selected application, then an option to navigate to the Role creation screen is displayed. |
| Active | Toggle the switch to make the current mapping configuration in an Active or deactivated state. |
Note
In the User creation screen’s, Role Mapping tab the admin/super user can only view End-user and Analyst Roles.
Define Access
This section contains the list of properties using which the Super Admin can configure the condition to define the access and build condition on Tenant control. 
Figure: Define Access
To know more about the fields that are available under the Define Access section, see the Field Description given below:
Field Description
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Field | Tenant is specified as a value under the field by default. |
| Operator | Select the operator type from the dropdown list. Figure: Operator Type |
| Value | Select the values from the list. Here Facilities, Human Resources and Information Technology are selected from the list. Figure: Value |
The field dropdown can be expanded to view and select the desired option. You can add a new condition row by clicking on the +icon. If you want to delete any row, click the delete icon.
Publish To
Publish the component to a targeted audience by selecting a relevant criterion from the Publish To tab. This section contains publish components using which the Super Admin can publish based on User properties and lists.
Figure: Publish To
To know more about the fields that are available under the Publish To section, see the Field Description given below.
Field Description
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Field | Select the user attribute from the drop-down list. Figure: User Attributes |
| Operator | Select the Operator type from the dropdown list.Figure: Operator Type |
| Value | Select the values from the list to publish the mapping. Here mail ID of the admin is entered in the Value column. The value populates based on the Role access of the App Designer designing the component  Figure: Value |
Once Role Mapping is published, click GO TO LIST. The list displays the Role Mapping under Access Control Center.
Figure: Role Mapping list
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