.. _access_profiles:

Introduction to Access Profiles
---------------------------------


Overview 
..........

Access profiles define the model types that a user is allowed to access, and are 
assigned to users via Roles (default menus: **Role Management > Roles**).


.. note::

   Access profiles are subject to the following requirements:

   ========================== ========================================================================
   Default access profiles     These adhere to the following hierarchy of permissions: 
                               **Provider > Reseller >  Customer > Site**. 
                               For instance, default Customer access profiles have less permissions 
                               than Provider access profiles.
   
   Cloned access profiles      A cloned access profile has equal or less permissions than the access 
                               profile of the admin user who creates the clone.
   ========================== ========================================================================
   

When a system upgrade is performed, the default access profiles are updated in
accordance with the above.
   
.. note::

   Existing cloned access profiles are **not** upgraded. You have to manually update them, 
   or re-clone and modify them from the upgraded, default versions as needed.



.. image:: /src/images/access-profiles.png



.. rubric:: Related Topics

* 
  .. raw:: latex

     Access Profile Permissions and Operations in the Core Feature Guide

  .. raw:: html
  
     <a href="concepts-access-profile-operations.html">Access Profile Permissions and Operations</a>

* 
  .. raw:: latex

     Menu Layout and Access Profiles in the Core Feature Guide

  .. raw:: html

     <a href="pbr/PBR-menu-layout-access-profiles.html">Menu Layout and Access Profiles</a>



Manage Access Profiles 
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Admins at a higher level than Provider admins can view, add, edit, and delete access profiles via 
(default menus) **Role Management > Access Profiles**. 


The list view shows existing access profiles added to the system. 

* To add an access profile, click the Plus icon (+) from the list view, then fill out details on the 
  configuration screen. 
* To delete an access profile, select an access profile in the list view, then click the **Delete** icon. 
* To edit an access profile, click on the access profile in the list to open the configuration screen. 

The table describes configuration options when adding or editing an access profile: 

.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4cm}|p{4cm}|p{7cm}|

+---------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+
| Title         | Field Name                | Description                |
+===============+===========================+============================+
| Name *        | name                      | The name that is given to  |
|               |                           | the access profile.        |
+---------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+
| Description   | description               | A description for the      |
|               |                           | access profile.            |
+---------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+
|               |                           | Enabling this flag, grants |
| Full Access   | full_access               | the user full system       |
|               |                           | access.                    |
+---------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+
| Miscellaneous |                           | The list of miscellaneous  |
| Permissions   | miscellaneous_permissions | operations permitted by    |
|               |                           | this access profile.       |
+---------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+
| Type Specific |                           | Configure permissions per  |
| Permissions   | type_specific_permissions | model type for this access |
|               |                           | profile.                   |
+---------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+


.. rubric:: Type Specific Permissions

.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4cm}|p{4cm}|p{7cm}|

+------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| Title            | Field Name | Description                          |
+==================+============+======================================+
|                  |            | The type that is permitted by this   |
| Permitted Type * | type       | Access Profile. This field supports  |
|                  |            | the use of the * wildcard.           |
+------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| Permitted        |            | The operations that are permitted by |
| Operations       | operations | this Access Profile for the given    |
|                  |            | type.                                |
+------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+