Roles

You can create a set of roles in BigFix Inventory and assign each of them with different permissions. Then, you can assign those roles to particular users, thus making them responsible for different actions. By setting up correct roles, you can easily establish which user has access to particular functions in BigFix Inventory. The roles can be assigned by the Administrator.

Pre-configured roles

BigFix Inventory has six preconfigured roles: Administrators, Auditors, Catalog Managers, Contract Managers, Software Asset Managers, and Infrastructure Administrators. Each of these roles has a different set of permissions that allow the users to perform various actions. The Administrator can edit or delete those roles, or create new ones and assign them permissions of your choice. The following table lists the preconfigured roles and their permissions.

Table 1. Roles preconfigured in BigFix Inventory and their permissions
The table consists of seven columns and 24 rows.
Permission	Administrator	Auditor	Catalog Manager	Contract Manager	Software Asset Manager	Infrastructure Administrator
Display Preview Panels	Yes
Edit Server Configuration	Yes
Manage Catalogs	Yes		Yes
Manage Computer Groups	Yes					Yes
Manage Computer Properties	Yes
Manage Contracts	Yes			Yes
Manage Data Sources	Yes
Manage Directory Servers	Yes
Manage Hardware Inventory	Yes
Manage Imports	Yes				Yes	Yes
Manage Licenses	Yes		Yes		Yes
Manage Package Properties	Yes					Yes
Manage Part Numbers Uploads	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
Manage Roles	Yes
Manage Scan Configurations	Yes					Yes
Manage Software Classification	Yes				Yes
Manage Support Data	Yes
Manage Uploads	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
Manage Usage Properties	Yes					Yes
Manage User Provisioning	Yes
Manage Users	Yes
Manage VM Managers and Servers	Yes					Yes
View Audit Trail	Yes	Yes			Yes
View Catalog Audit	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
View Contracts	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
View Endpoints	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
View Hardware Inventory	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
View License Metrics	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
View Raw Data	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
View Shared Disks	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
View Software Catalog and Signatures	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
View User Details	Yes	Yes			Yes

Permissions

The following list describes permissions that are available in BigFix Inventory. Find out about each of them so that you can tailor the roles to your needs.

Important: Some of the permissions are specific only for the Administrator and cannot be assigned to other users. These permissions include:

Display Preview Panels
Edit Server Configuration
Manage Computer Properties
Manage Data Sources
Manage Directory Servers
Manage Roles
Manage Support Data
Manage User Provisioning
Manage Users

Table 2. Permissions
Permission	Comments
Display Preview Panels	The user can enable preview features.
Edit Server Configuration	The user can change settings of the BigFix Inventory server.
Manage Catalogs	The user can edit catalog servers, update the catalog as well as create, edit, and delete the content of the custom software catalog. The user can edit the end of support date for software components. The user can add and remove tags on the selected reports.
Manage Computer Groups	The user can create, edit, and delete computer groups.
Manage Computer Properties	The user can specify additional computer properties that are to be gathered from the computers in the infrastructure.
Manage Contracts	The user can create, edit, and delete contracts. The user can set or edit the license threshold to be notified about excessive license consumption. The user can add, edit, and delete custom fields.
Manage Data Sources	The user can add, edit, and delete BigFix servers that are used as data sources by BigFix Inventory.
Manage Directory Servers	The user can add, edit, and delete directory servers that are used for authentication of BigFix Inventory users.
Manage Hardware Inventory (previously: Manage PVU per Core)	The user can change the Oracle core factor or the PVU per core value that is assigned to a processor.
Manage Imports	The user can schedule imports of data, and run them manually.
Manage Licenses	The user can add custom part numbers and new products to the software catalog, and assign additional license metrics to products.
Manage Package Properties	The user can create, edit, and delete application properties that are used to recognize software in your infrastructure.
Manage Part Numbers Uploads	The user can manage uploads of the part numbers file.
Manage Roles	The user can add, edit, and delete roles that are available in BigFix Inventory.
Manage Scan Configurations	The user can schedule software scans.
Manage Software Classification	The user can reassign software instances between different products, include or exclude them in pricing calculations, and share them between more than one product.
Manage Support Data	The user can access the Computer Support Data panel.
Manage Uploads	The user can manage uploads of the software catalog, and metric tables.
Manage Usage Properties	The user can create, edit, and delete application properties that gather information about the use of software in your infrastructure.
Manage User Provisioning	The user can integrate users from a directory server with BigFix Inventory.
Manage Users	The user can add, edit, and delete users that exist in BigFix Inventory.
Manage VM Managers and Servers	The user can create, edit, and delete VM managers.
View Audit Trail	The user can view the Audit Trail report that contains the history of all actions performed by users.
View Catalog Audit	The user can view information about changes to the custom software catalog.
View Contracts	The user can view contract usage data.
View Endpoints	The user can view information about the installed software as well as scan, registry, and raw data from endpoints.
View Hardware Inventory	The user can view the details of the processors that are used by the software.
View License Metrics	The user can view the list of all software products that are contained in the PVU License Usage reports, the license type and usage for each product, the history of license consumption over the specified time period, and the top license consuming products. The user can view values that are specified in custom fields.
View Raw Data	The user can view: Metering Data report that contains information about the use of the software items Unrecognized Files report that shows a ranking of the most frequently encountered files Scanned File Data report that provides information about all files that are detected by the software inventory tool scanner Package Data report that contains information about all installed packages
View Shared Disks	The user can view information about shared disks that are used in the infrastructure.
View Software Catalog and Signatures	The user can view the software catalog and signatures.
View User Details	The user can view information about current software users and their details for the software that is installed on the computers in the infrastructure.