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Assign Permissions to Users

Individual CA Performance Center operators require data access permissions to monitor data from MSP customers. CA Performance Center access permissions are based on groups. You can assign access permissions according to your plan for custom groups.

To assign permissions, edit CA Performance Center user accounts. Your goal is to make sure that all operators see only the data they require to do their job.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the required administrative role rights.
2. Select Admin, User Settings, and click Users.

   The Manage Users page opens.

3. Select a user account that you want to change, and click Edit.

   The Add User wizard opens.

4. Click the Permission Groups button.

   The wizard advances to the Permission Groups page.

5. Add permission groups to the user account, as follows:
   • Expand the groups in the Available Groups tree on the left so that subgroups appear.
   • Select a group or subgroup.
   • Click the right arrow button to add it to Selected Groups on the right.
   • Repeat as necessary.

   The selected permission groups appear in the Selected Groups pane.

6. Select a group from the 'Default Group' drop-down list.

   When the user logs in, data from the default group appears in dashboards by default.

7. Click Save.

   The changes are saved to the user account, and you return to the Manage Users page.

Custom groups have been created and assigned as permissions to IT staff. When staff members log in to CA Performance Center, they can now view data from the MSP customer systems assigned to them.