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'Roles' Have New Meaning in r12.5

There is an important terminology change in the current release. Specifically, the term 'Role' has a new meaning. Previously, a user's role (for example, Administrator, Manager, or User) determined the default set of privileges assigned to them. Now, CA DataMinder uses the following terms:

• User category: This is the new term for a user role. When you add a user to a category, the user inherits a default set of administrative privileges and a default security model.
• Policy class: For categorization purposes, you can associate individual triggers with a policy class, such as ‘Employee Behavior’ or ‘Legal’. When a trigger fires, the policy class is stored with the associated event.
• Policy role: A policy role links a user to a collection of policy classes. In effect, the policy role determines which policy classes a user is permitted to see. When the user runs a search, the results only include events associated with these policy classes.