Creating Custom Roles

The Calibo Accelerate platform provides 13 system-defined roles with permissions to perform specific tasks within the platform. Additionally, you can create custom roles with specific privileges based on your requirement. You can then assign custom roles to users or teams within the platform.

Before you create custom roles, you may want to understand the System-Defined Roles and Associated Permissions in the Calibo Accelerate platform.

Required Access

To view, create, edit, or delete a custom role in the Calibo Accelerate platform, you must have one of the following roles.

 

Role	Description
Tenant Administrator	This is the highest-level administrator with access to all the areas of the platform and is responsible for platform-wide configurations, settings, access management, and monitoring of all platform operations.
Configuration Administrator	A Configuration Administrator can manage various settings and configurations across the platform, which includes managing roles.
Custom role created for role management	A Tenant Administrator or Configuration Administrator can create a custom role specifically for role management. This role must have permissions to view, create, edit and delete roles.

 

Creating a Custom Role

1. Sign in to the Calibo Accelerate platform and click Configuration in the left navigation pane.

2. On the Platform Setup screen, on the Users, Roles, Teams, & Organization Hierarchy tile, click Manage.
3. On the Roles tab, in the upper right corner, click + New Role, and do the following:
   
   Basic Details

   In the Basic Details section, do the following:

   1. Role Type
      Select the desired role type. Depending on the type you choose, you can enable distinct levels of access and control for various roles as required.
      

      Role Type	Scope
      Platform	With platform roles, users can perform actions at the platform level. This includes managing global configurations, such as global settings on the Platform Setup screen or connection details of tools integrated with the Calibo Accelerate platform, dashboard management, release train management, user administration, and organizational hierarchy management, among others.
      Product	With product roles, users can perform actions across the Define, Design, Develop, and Deploy phases of product development within the platform. These actions include managing business requirements, user feedback, user stories, design artifacts, technologies, source code repository branch templates, data pipelines, and several other tasks related to technology deployment.

      For the example Tools Integration Administrator role, let us select the Platform role type because this role needs platform-wide access to configure the connection details of tools and technologies.

   2. Role Name
      Give a name to the role. Give a name that clearly identifies the purpose of the role or its function in the Calibo Accelerate platform.

   3. Description
      Provide a description for the role you are creating. An ideal description clarifies the role's purpose, the specific tasks it is intended to perform, or the areas of the platform it can access.

      

   4. Click Next.

   Permissions

   Permissions are settings that control what users can see, access, and do within the Calibo Accelerate platform. In the Permissions section, each tab corresponds to a specific component or area within the Calibo Accelerate platform. Click each tab to view the corresponding permissions associated per component. To enable the permissions for the role that you are creating, turn on the toggle switch next to each desired permission. Depending on whether you create a platform role or a product role, the available permissions change.

   

   Note:

   You must enable at least one permission to proceed with role creation.

   

   Note:

   Dependent Permissions: Some permissions are interdependent. These dependency relationships might be within the same tab, or across different tabs in the Permissions section. Enabling a permission that other permissions depend on automatically enables all the dependent permissions. However, enabling a dependent permission does not automatically enable the permissions it depends on. For example, enabling the Configure/Edit Source Code Repository Tools permission automatically enables its dependent permission View Source Code Repository Tools Configuration. However, enabling the View Source Code Repository Tools Configuration permission does not automatically enable the Configure/Edit Source Code Repository Tools permission.

   The following table contains the list of available permissions for each component of the platform depending on the role type.

   Platform Role Permissions

   Area	Component	Available Permissions
   Dashboard	Dashboard	View Dashboard Dashboard Admin
   Product Portfolios	Product Portfolios	View Product Portfolios Create Product Portfolios Delete Product Portfolios
   Products	Products	View Products Create/Edit/Delete Products
   Release Trains	Release Trains	View Release Trains Create Release Trains Delete Release Trains
   Monitoring	Monitoring Dashboard	View Monitoring Dashboard
   Maturity Assessment	Maturity Assessment	View Organization Maturity Assessment Initiate Organization Maturity Assessment View Maturity Assessment Recommendations Manage Maturity Assessment Recommendations View Maturity Assessment Action Plans Manage Maturity Assessment Action Plans
   Resource Planning	Resource Planning	View Resource Planning
   Configuration	Configuration	View Configuration
   Configuration	Security & SSO	View Security & SSO Configuration Manage Security & SSO Configuration
   Configuration	Users	View Users Create/Edit Users Delete Users
   Configuration	Roles	View Roles Create/Edit Roles Delete Roles
   Configuration	Teams	View Teams Create/Edit Teams Delete Teams
   Configuration	Organization Hierarchy	View Organization Hierarchy Add/Edit Organization Hierarchy Delete Organization Hierarchy
   Configuration	Cloud Platforms	View Configuration Create/Edit Configuration Delete Configuration
   Configuration	Technologies and Testing Tools	View Technologies and Testing Tools Configuration Select Technologies and Testing Tools
   Configuration	DevOps CI/CD Pipeline Configuration	View DevOps Tools Configuration Configure/Edit DevOps Tools Delete DevOps Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Kubernetes Cluster Configuration	View Kubernetes Cluster Configuration Configure/Edit Kubernetes Cluster Connection Details Delete Kubernetes Cluster Configuration
   Configuration	Terraform Configuration	View Terraform Configuration Configure/Edit Terraform Connection Details Delete Terraform Configuration
   Configuration	Source Code Repository	View Source Code Repository Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Source Code Repository Tools Connection Details Delete Source Code Repository Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Agile Planning Tools	View Agile Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Agile Tools Connection Details Delete Agile Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Document Management Tools	View Document Management Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Document Management Tools Connection Details Delete Document Management Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Databases and Data Warehouses	View Databases and Data Warehouses Configuration Configure/Edit Databases and Data Warehouses Connection Details View Databases and Data Warehouses Configuration
   Configuration	Data Integration Tools	View Data Integration Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Data Integration Tools Connection Details Delete Data Integration Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Data Visualization Tools	View Data Visualization Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Data Visualization Tools Connection Details Delete Data Visualization Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Systems Integration	View Systems Integration Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Systems Integration Tools Connection Details Delete Systems Integration Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Artifactory Management	View Artifactory Management Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Artifactory Management Tools Connection Details Delete Artifactory Management Tools Configuration
   Configuration	Security Assessment	View Security Assessment Tools Configuration Configure/Edit Security Assessment Tools Configuration Delete Security Assessment Tools Configuration
   Configuration	OpenShift Configuration	View OpenShift Configuration Configure/Edit OpenShift Connection Details Delete OpenShift Configuration
   Configuration	Secret Management	View Secret Management Tools Connection Details Configure/Edit Secret Management Tools Connection Details Delete Secret Management Tools Connection Details
   Configuration	General Settings	View General Settings Manage General Settings
   Configuration	Machine Configuration Settings	View Machine Configuration Settings Manage Machine Configuration Settings
   Configuration	Security Settings	View Security Settings Manage Security Settings
   Configuration	Themes Settings	View Themes Settings Manage Themes Settings
   Configuration	Audit Log Settings	View Audit Log Settings Manage Audit Log Settings
   Configuration	Terminology Settings	View Terminology Settings Manage Terminology Settings
   Configuration	Custom Field Settings	View Custom Field Settings Manage Custom Field Settings
   Configuration	Agile Project Settings	View Agile Project Settings Manage Agile Project Settings
   Configuration	Scheduler Settings	View Scheduler Settings Manage Scheduler Settings
   Configuration	Dropdown Field Settings	View Field Values Add/Edit Field Values
   Configuration	Cloud Tag Settings	View Cloud Tag Settings Manage Cloud Tag Settings
   Configuration	Audit Logs	View Audit Logs
   Configuration	Account Info	View Account Info Manage Account Info
   Configuration	Data Crawler	View Data Crawler Create and Run Data Crawler Rerun Data Crawler Delete Data Crawler
   Configuration	Data Catalog	View Data Catalog Create Data Catalog Delete Data Catalog Import Data Catalog
   Configuration	Policy Template	View Policy Template Manage Policy Template
   Configuration	Branch Template	View Branch Template Manage Branch Template
   Configuration	Workflow Template	View Workflow Template Manage Workflow Template
   Configuration	Workflow Usage	View Workflow Usage Add/Edit Workflow Usage
   Configuration	Maturity Assessment	View Maturity Assessment Manage Maturity Assessment
   Configuration	Calibo Accelerate Orchestrator Agents	View Calibo Accelerate Orchestrator Agents Add/Edit Calibo Accelerate Orchestrator Agents Delete Calibo Accelerate Orchestrator Agents

   Product Role Permissions

   Area	Component	Available Permissions
   Product	Product	View product Edit Product Delete Product Initiate Product Maturity assessment Initiate Team Maturity Assessment
   	Define	Add/Edit User Feedback Delete User Feedback Convert User Feedback to Business Requirement Add/Edit Business Requirement Delete Business Requirement Manage User Stories
   	Design	Add/Edit Design Delete Design
   	Develop	Add Technologies Delete Technologies Manage Branch Template Manage Branch Access
   	Data Pipeline Studio	View Data Pipeline
   	Data Crawler	View Data Crawler Create and Run Data Crawler Rerun Data Crawler Delete Data Crawler
   	Data Catalog	View Data Catalog Create Data Catalog Delete Data Catalog Import Data Catalog
   	Develop Pipeline	Create/Edit Pipeline Delete Pipeline Import Pipeline Export Pipeline Manage Pipeline Version Manage Pipeline Run Timeout
   	Manage Pipeline	Manage Pipeline Notification Schedule Pipeline Manage Pipeline Chain Run/Terminate Pipeline Promote Pipeline Manage Wheel Package
   	DataOps	View DataOps
   	Deploy	Add/Edit Stage Delete Stage Add/Edit Technology Deploy Technology Uninstall Technology Configure Instance Configure Cluster Manage Terraform Runs Manage Jenkins Job Runs Manage Secrets

   

   After you enable the desired permissions, click Next.

   Users

   This section is visible if you are creating a Platform role.

   In the Users section, assign the custom role to one or more users as per your requirement.

   1. Use the search box to find the desired users and add them to the custom role. However, this step is optional at this point. You can proceed without assigning this custom role to anyone for now and complete the process later as needed.

   2. Click Next to review your role definition or click Prev to return to the previous screen.

    

   Tools

   

   Note:

   Ensure that users who want to access the integrated tools from within the Calibo Accelerate platform are already added to the relevant tools before syncing their tool-specific roles and permissions from the Calibo Accelerate platform.

   This section is visible if you are creating a Product role.

   As an Administrator, on the Cloud Platforms, Tools & Technologies screen, you configure the connection details for various tools and technologies integrated with the Calibo Accelerate platform. In the Tools section, you can decide which tools your custom role can access, and the actions the role can perform on each tool.

   When you assign a custom role to a user at a product level, the roles and permissions you specify in this section are assigned to the user for the tools associated with that product.

   For details on how access control and permissions work for these tools, refer to the vendor documentation for each respective tool.

   To assign tools-related permissions for your custom role, refer to the following sections for your desired tools.

   Jira

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured Jira instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Jira roles to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Roles: To assign the desired Jira roles to your custom role, do either of the following:

   • Enter the desired Jira role in the Roles box and press the Enter key. You can assign multiple Jira roles to a custom role in Calibo Accelerate.
     

   • Alternatively, click connect to a Jira instance and from the list of configured instances, choose the one from which you want to fetch the configured roles. Click Get Roles to retrieve all the roles configured in the selected Jira instance. Select the checkboxes for the desired roles and click Add Roles.

   Confluence

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured Confluence instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Confluence permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Space Permissions
   Select the appropriate Confluence space permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   Category	Permissions
   All	View Delete Own
   Pages	Add Archive Delete
   Blog	Add Delete
   Attachments	Add Delete
   Comments	Add Delete
   Restrictions	Add Delete
   Space	Export Admin

   Page Permissions

   • Can View

   • Can Edit

   Bitbucket

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured Bitbucket instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Bitbucket permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions
   Select the appropriate Bitbucket Server project permissions and repository permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   Category	Permissions
   Project Access	Read Write Admin
   Repo Access	Read Write Admin

   Bitbucket Cloud

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured Bitbucket Cloud instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Bitbucket Cloud permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions
   Select the appropriate Bitbucket Cloud project permissions and repository permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   Category	Permissions
   Project Access	Read Write Create Admin
   Repo Access	Read Write Admin

   Jenkins

   Enable Access : To allow a custom role to access your configured Jenkins instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Jenkins permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions
   Select the appropriate Jenkins permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   Category	Permissions
   Job	Build Delete Create Configure Workspace Cancel Move Discover Read
   View	Delete Configure Create Read
   Credentials	View Update Manage Domains Create
   Run	Delete Update Replay
   SCM	Tag

   JFrog

   Enable Access : To allow a custom role to access your configured JFrog instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required JFrog permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions
   Select the appropriate JFrog permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   Category	Permissions
   Repository Permissions	Read Annotate Deploy/Cache Delete Manage XRay Metadata Manage

   SonarQube

   Enable Access : To allow a custom role to access your configured SonarQube instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required SonarQube permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions
   Select the appropriate SonarQube permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   • Administer

   • Administer Issues

   • Administer Security Hotspots

   • Browse

   • Execute Analysis

   • See Source Code

   Databricks

   Enable Access : To allow a custom role to access your configured Databricks instances from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Databricks permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions
   Select the appropriate Databricks permissions for your custom role. The following options are available.

   • Databricks Instance - Select a Databricks instance for which you want to assign permissions to the custom role.

     • Assign cluster and workspace/folder level permissions to the custom role, using this option.

   • Cluster Access Permissions
     Select one of the following cluster access permissions for your custom role:

     • Can Manage

     • Can Restart

     • Can Attach To
       

   • Workspace/Folder Permissions
     Select one of the following Databricks workspace or folder permissions for your custom role:
     

     • Can Run

     • Can Manage

     • Can Read

     • Can Edit

   • Click Add.

   Snowflake

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured Snowflake instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Snowflake permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   You can map an already configured role in your Snowflake account to your custom role or create a new role.

   Map existing role

   To map an existing Snowflake role to your custom role, do the following:

   • Snowflake Instance
     Select the Snowflake instance on which you want to grant access to the custom role.

   • Role
     From the list of roles existing on the selected Snowflake account, select the desired role that you want to map.

   • Object

     Select the desired object from the list.

     Depending on the object you choose, the following options are available. Select the option required for your custom role.

     Object	Options
     WAREHOUSE	The list of available warehouses is displayed. Select the warehouse on which you want to grant access to the custom role. Review the list of privileges assigned to the selected Snowflake role on the selected warehouse and click Add.
     SCHEMA	Select the database and the schema on which you want to grant privileges to the custom role. Review the privileges assigned to the selected Snowflake role on the selected database and schema and click Add.
     DATABASE	Select the database on which you want to grant privileges to the custom role. Review the privileges assigned to the selected Snowflake role on the selected database and click Add.
     TABLE	Select the database, schema, and the table on which you want to grant privileges to the custom role. Review the privileges assigned to the selected Snowflake role on the selected table and click Add.

    

   Create new role

   To create a new role in Snowflake and map it to your custom role in the Calibo Accelerate platform, do the following:

   • Snowflake Instance
     Select the Snowflake account on which you want to create a new role.

   • Object

     Select the desired object from the list.

     Depending on the object you choose, the following options are available. Select the option required for the new Snowflake role.

     Object	Options
     WAREHOUSE	The list of available warehouses is displayed. Select the warehouse on which you want to grant access to the custom role. For the selected warehouse, assign the desired privileges to the new Snowflake role.
     SCHEMA	Select the database and the schema on which you want to grant privileges to the custom role. For the selected schema, assign the desired privileges to the new Snowflake role.
     DATABASE	Select the database on which you want to grant privileges to the custom role. For the selected database, assign the desired privileges to the new Snowflake role.
     TABLE	Select the database, schema, and the table on which you want to grant privileges to the custom role. For the selected table, assign the privileges to the new Snowflake role.

    

   GitHub Server

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured GitHub Server instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required GitHub Server role to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Roles:
   To assign the desired GitHub Server role to your custom role, do either of the following:

   • Enter the desired GitHub Server role in the Roles box and press the Enter key.
     

   • Alternatively, click connect to a configuration and from the list of configured GitHub Server instances, choose the one to grant access to the role being created. Click Get Roles to retrieve all the roles configured in the selected GitHub Server instance. Choose the role that best fits your custom role and click Add Role.
     

   

   GitHub Cloud

   Enable Access : To allow a custom role to access your configured GitHub Cloud instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required GitHub Cloud permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Roles:
   To assign the desired GitHub Cloud role to your custom role, do either of the following:

   • Enter the desired GitHub Cloud role in the Roles box and press the Enter key.
     

   • Alternatively, click connect to a configuration and from the list of configured GitHub Cloud instances, choose the one to grant access to the role being created. Click Get Roles to retrieve all the roles configured in the selected GitHub Cloud instance. Choose the role that best fits your custom role and click Add Role.

   GitLab

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured GitLab instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required GitLab permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Roles:
   

   Select the desired GitLab role that you want to assign to your custom role. The following Project roles are available:

   • Guest

   • Reporter

   • Developer

   • Maintainer

   • Owner

   A user assigned the Guest role has the least permissions, and the Owner has the most. For more information about permissions and roles in GitLab, refer to the GitLab documentation.

   Qlik Sense

   Enable Access : To allow your custom role to access your configured Qlik Sense instance from the Calibo Accelerate platform, and to assign the required Qlik Sense permissions to the custom role, turn on the toggle.

   Permissions:
   

   Qlik Sense Instance
   From the list of configured Qlik Sense instances, select the instance on which you want to grant access to your custom role.

   Object
   Select Space.

   Space
   All the spaces created in the selected Qlik Sense instance are available in the dropdown list. You can select specific spaces or select all to grant access to your custom role.

   Permission
   Select one or more of the following permissions on the selected Qlik Sense spaces for your custom role:

   • Can consume data

   • Can edit

   • Can edit data in apps

   • Can manage

   • Can view

   Review

   In the Review section, you see the entire definition of your custom role, including basic details, granted permissions, and assigned users (for platform roles) or permitted tools (for product roles). Review all details carefully.

   To make changes, click Prev.

   Click Create Role to finalize your role definition.

   

   Thus, our example custom role Tools Integration Administrator is created.

You are done with creating custom roles as well as assigning them to users. You may now want to create teams.

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