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Reassign Users with 'Custom' Roles to Existing User Roles

In previous releases, the administrative privileges assigned to an individual user derived from that user's User Category (such as Manager or Reviewer). However, it was also possible to assign a custom set of administrative privileges to an individual user. Such users were automatically assigned to a 'Custom' user category.

In the current version of CA DataMinder, you cannot directly change a user's privileges. As a result, it is no longer possible to create a 'Custom' user role. Instead, you can only change a user's privileges by reassigning the user to a different user role. This change has been introduced to support role-based iConsole configuration. Briefly, you can now specify which iConsole features (portlets, searches, and so on) are available to users with specific user roles.

If you upgrade from a previous version of CA DataMinder, any existing user assigned to a custom role retains this custom role in the current version of CA DataMinder. However, such custom user roles are not supported in the iConsole. In particular, you cannot specify which features are available to users with custom roles when they use the iConsole. In this situation, we recommend that you assign users without a recognized role to an equivalent 'official' user role. Do one of the following:

• Manually reassign users with a custom role to one of the default user roles.
• Add new user roles that correspond to the various custom roles held by your users. Then reassign these users to the new user roles. CA DataMinder provides a 'CustomRoleUpgrade' utility that automates this process.

  For instructions, search for 'CustomRoleUtility' in the Upgrade Guide.