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Encyclopedia Modeler

An encyclopedia modeler can perform many of the same functions that the administrator can, but a modeler's level of access is determined by the authorities granted by the administrator or a modeler. All modelers have basic access to CA Gen and can be granted additional authority.

Modelers can then perform authorized tasks, such as the following:

The additional authority, granted explicitly when modelers are added to CA Gen, enables them to create models and add users. These privileges can be granted to any modeler in any combination. A modeler granted authority to create models becomes a model's owner by performing the first check in (upload) of the model.

A modeler can also be granted authority to add users to CA Gen. In most cases, a modeler can grant users authority equal to their own or less. However, a modeler can never grant other users the authority to add users.

In addition to receiving various levels of authorization as CA Gen users, modelers can be granted various levels of access to specific models and subsets. Specifically, they can be authorized to read models, update them, generate code from them, and migrate objects from one model to another.

If the person who grants authority is later removed from the list of authorized users, the users authorized are still authorized.

Note: For more information about authorizations, see the chapter How to Set up Security.