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Assign Product Privileges

Each registered data source has its own product privilege setting, which grants unique privileges within that product interface. Administrators give users product privileges for each data source. For example, the product privilege affects a user's ability to log in to CA Network Flow Analysis or to follow a drilldown path from a view in CA Performance Center or CA NetQoS Performance Center to details in CA Network Flow Analysis. Privileges are specific to the data source instance.

The default administrator account, admin, is locked to prevent changes to product privileges. This account must have Administrator privileges for all registered data sources. If you select a group of accounts that includes the admin account, you cannot edit the product privileges for any of the selected accounts.

CA Network Flow Analysis Product Privileges

A user must have product privileges on the CA Network Flow Analysis data source to log into the NFA console. Product privileges also specify access to the Administration page and to certain functions:

Administrator

Gives access to the Administration page in the NFA console and to all functions, including creating and managing user accounts, roles, groups, SNMP profiles, and scheduling for reports.

Power User

Gives User-level access and any additional abilities that are granted by the Role setting. For CA Network Flow Analysis, the Power User privilege is equivalent to the Administrator privilege.

User

Gives access to Top Interfaces reports and Interface Utilization reports on the Enterprise Overview page.

A User with the appropriate Permission Group settings also has access to the following reports:

• Top Hosts and Top Protocols reports on the Enterprise Overview page, provided that the user also has access to All Groups
• Interfaces page reports for the interfaces that are accessible to the user
• Existing reports on the Custom Reporting, Flow Forensics, and Analysis pages
• Menus that an administrator has assigned to the User role

The Role and Permission Group settings determine whether the User also can run existing reports, create reports, and manage reports. To create reports, a User must have access to All Groups.

None

Has no access to a data source. This setting prevents the user from following a drilldown path from a view in CA Performance Center or CA NetQoS Performance Center to CA Network Flow Analysis. By default, all users have this product privilege setting for all data sources.

Note: The same user account can have different privileges for different data sources.