Additional default roles
The following additional default roles may be included, depending on the AEM forms components you installed
Document Upload Application User: Can upload documents using Flex Remoting.
Forms Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Forms page in Administration Console
AEM forms Contentspace Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Content Services (Deprecated) page in administration console
AEM forms Contentspace User: Can log in to the Contentspace (Deprecated) web pages
Documentum Connector Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Connector for EMC Documentum page in administration console
AEM forms FileNet Connector Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Connector for IBM FileNet page in administration console
AEM forms IBM CM Connector Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Connector for IBM Content Manager page in administration console
Rights Management Administrator: Performs all tasks that are required for all server configurations on the relevant Rights Management pages
Rights Management End User: Can access Rights Management end-user web pages
Rights Management Invite User: Can invite users
Rights Management Manage Invited and Local Users: Can perform tasks that are required to manage all invited and local users on the relevant Rights Management pages
Rights Management Policy Set Administrator: Performs all tasks that are required for all policy sets on the relevant Rights Management pages
Rights Management Super Administrator: Performs all tasks that are required from the Rights Management page
AEM forms Workspace Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Workspace page in Administration Console
note: The Flex Worksapce is deprecated for AEM forms release.
Workspace User: Can log in to the Workspace end-user application
Output Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the Output page in Administration Console
PDFG Administrator: Can view and modify settings from the PDF Generator page in administration console
PDFG User: Can access all non-administrative functionality for PDF Generator
Acrobat Reader DC extensions Web Application: Can use the Acrobat Reader DC extensions web application
NOTENOTECreate a role
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In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Role Management, and then click New Role.
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In the Role Name box, type a name for the role and, optionally, type a description of the role, and then click Next.
NOTEWhen using MySQL, you cannot create two roles that have the same name but differ in the use of extended characters. For example, attempting to create a role named abcde when one named âbcdè already exists results in an error. -
Click Find Permissions, select the permissions to add to the role.
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Click OK and then click Next.
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Assign this role to users and groups:
- Click Find Users/Groups.
- In the Find box, type your search criteria.
- Select Name, Email, or User ID, and then select Users, Groups, or Users and Groups.
- Select the domain, select the number of results to display, and click Find.
- Select the check boxes for the users and groups to assign this role to and click OK.
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To view user and group details, select the entity.
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Click OK and then click Finish.
Edit a role
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In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Role Management, and then click Role Name.
By default, the Role Management page displays all the roles in the User Management database. If the list of roles is large, use the Find area at the top of the page to search for a specific role name.
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Click the role to edit, edit the general settings, and click Save.
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To edit role permissions, click the Permissions tab and do these tasks:
- To add new permissions, click Find Permissions, select the check boxes for the permissions to add, click OK, and then click Save.
- To delete a permission from the role, select the check box for the permission, click Delete, and then click Save.
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To manage who the role is assigned to, click the Role Users tab and do these tasks:
- To assign the role to new users and groups, click Find Users/Groups, and complete the search information. Select the check box for each user and group to assign this role to, click OK, and then click Save.
- To remove the role, select the check box for the users or group, click Unassign, and then click Save.
Delete a role
You can delete any of the roles that you created, but not the default AEM forms roles that are included in the product.
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In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Role Management, and then click Role Name.
By default, the Role Management page displays all the roles in the User Management database. If the list of roles is large, use the Find area at the top of the page to search for a specific role name.
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Select the check box for the role to delete, click Delete, and then click OK.
Assign a role to users and groups
- In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Users and Groups.
- Specify information to narrow the search and click Find. The results of the search are listed at the bottom of the page. You can sort the list by clicking any of the column headings.
- Select the check boxes beside the users and groups to associate with a role and click Assign Role.
- Select the role to assign to the user or group and click OK.
You can also assign roles by using the Role Management page.
Determine who is assigned to a role
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In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Role Management, and then click Role Name.
By default, the Role Management page displays all the roles in the User Management database. If the list of roles is large, use the Find area at the top of the page to search for a specific role name.
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On the Role Detail page, click the Role Users tab. A list of users and groups that are directly associated with the role are displayed.
Change role permissions
You can change the permissions for any of the roles that you created. You cannot change the permissions for the default AEM forms roles that are included in the product.
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In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Role Management, and then click Role Name.
By default, the Role Management page displays all the roles in the User Management database. If the list of roles is large, use the Find area at the top of the page to search for a specific role name.
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Select the role to view permissions for and click the Permissions tab.
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To change these permissions, click Find Permissions, select the check boxes for the permissions to add to the role, click OK, and then click Save.
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To delete a permission, select the permission, click Delete, and then click Save.
AEM forms permissions
ADD_REMOVE_ENDPOINT_PERM: Add, remove, and modify endpoints for a service
Admin Console Login: View the administration console
Certificate Modify: Modify the trust settings of any certificate in the Trust Store
Certificate Read: Read any certificate in the Trust Store
Certificate Write: Add a certificate to the Trust Store
Component Add: Install a new component in the system
Component Delete: Delete any component in the system
Component Read: Read any component in the system
Contentspace Administrator: Permission for Contentspace (Deprecated) Administrator
Contentspace Console Login: Permission for Contentspace (Deprecated) Console Login
Core Settings Control: Manage the settings on the Core System Settings page in Administration Console
CREATE_VERSION_PERM: Create a version of a service
Credential Modify: Modify any signing credential in the Trust Store
Credential Read: Read any signing credential in the Trust Store
Credential Write: Add a signing credential to the Trust Store
CRL Modify: Modify any CRL (Certificate Revocation List) in the Trust Store
CRL Read: Read any CRL in the Trust Store
CRL Write: Add a CRL to the Trust Store
Delegate: Set an ACL on a resource
DELETE_VERSION_PERM: Delete a version of a service
Document Upload: Upload documents in AEM forms
Domain Control: Create, delete, or modify settings for any User Management domain, including its authentication and directory providers
Event Type Edit: Edit to event types
Identity Impersonation Control: Impersonate identity in User Manager
INVOKE_PERM: Invoke all operations on a service
LCDS Data Model Control: Read and deploy data models in Data Services
License Manager Update: Update license information
MODIFY_CONFIG_PERM: Modify the configuration of a service
TERM Modify the version of a service
PDFGAdminPermission: PDFG administrator
PDFGUserPermission: PDFG user
PERM_DCTM_ADMIN: Documentum Connector administrator
PERM_FILENET_ADMIN: FileNet Connector administrator
PERM_FORMS_ADMIN: Forms administrator
PERM_IBMCM_ADMIN: IBM CM Connector administrator
PERM_OUTPUT_ADMIN: Output administrator
PERM_READER_EXTENSIONS_WEB_APPLICATION: Use the Acrobat Reader DC extensions web application
PERM_SP_ADMIN: Manage SharePoint Connector settings
PERM_WORKSPACE_ADMIN: Manage Workspace settings
PERM_WORKSPACE_USER: Log in to the Workspace end-user application
Principal Control: Manage users and groups for any domain, and manage role assignments for all users and groups in any domain
Process Recording Read/Delete: List and retrieve workflow audit instances
PROCESS_OWNER_PERM: View trend data and perform administrative actions on a service created from a process
Read: Read the content of a resource
READ_PERM: Read or view a service
Renew assertion: Renew assertions in User Management
Repository Delegate: Set an ACL on a resource
Repository Read: Read the content of a resource
Repository Traverse: Include a resource in a list resources request or read the metadata of a resource
Repository Write: Write repository metadata and content
Rights Management Change Policy Owner: Change policy owner
Rights Management End User Console Login: Log in to the Rights Management End User UI
Rights Management Manage Configuration: Manage server configuration
Rights Management Manage Invited and Local Users: Manage invited and local users
Rights Management Manage Policy Sets: Manage all policies and documents within any policy set
Rights Management Policy Set Add Coordinator: Add, remove, and change permissions for policy set coordinators
Rights Management Policy Set Create Policy: Create a policy for a policy set
Rights Management Policy Set Delete Policy: Remove a policy from a policy set
Rights Management Policy Set Edit Policy: Edit a policy in a policy set
Rights Management Policy Set Manage Document Publisher: When you create policy sets, you assign users the role of document publisher. The document publisher is the user who protects the document with a policy.
Rights Management Policy Set Remove Coordinator: Remove a policy set coordinator from a policy set
Rights Management Policy Set Revoke Document: Revoke access to documents in a policy set
Rights Management Policy Set Switch Policy: Switch policies for a document
Rights Management Policy Set Unrevoke Document: Unrevoke a document
Rights Management Policy Set View Event: View policy and document events for any policy or document within a policy set
Rights Management View Server Events: Search and view all audit events
Role Control: Create, delete, and modify roles in User Management
Service Activate: Start any service, making it available for invocation
Service Add: Deploy a new service to the service registry. This includes adding new processes and process variants
Service Deactivate: Stop any service in the system
Service Delete: Delete any service in the system, including processes and process variants
Service Invoke: Invoke any service in the service registry available at runtime
Service Modify: Modify the configuration properties of any service in the system. This includes locking and unlocking a service in the IDE, and adding or removing endpoints from a service
Service Read: Read any services in the system. This includes all processes and process variants
SERVICE_AGENT_PERM: View data and interact with process instances for a service created from a process
SERVICE_MANAGER_PERM: Perform load balancing and other administrative actions on a service created from a process
START_STOP_PERM: Start or stop a service
SUPERVISOR_PERM: View process instance data for a service created from a process
Traverse: Include a resource in a list resources request or read the metadata of a resource
Write: Write repository metadata and content
Opening files in Workbench
To view the contents of the Resources view in Workbench and open files for viewing, a user requires the following permissions:
- Repository Read
- Repository Traverse
- Service Invoke
- Service Read
Remove a user or group from a role
Use the Role Management page to remove users and groups from a particular role. If the user or group inherited the role assignment, you cannot remove the role at the user or group level. Either remove the user or group from the inheritance tree or remove the role from the parent.
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In administration console, click Settings > User Management > Role Management, and then click Role Name.
By default, the Role Management page displays all the roles in the User Management database. If the list of roles is large, use the Find area at the top of the page to search for a specific role name.
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In the list of roles, click the name of the role to update and then click the Role Users tab. A list of users and groups associated with the role are displayed.
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Select the check boxes for the users and groups to remove from the role and click Unassign.
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Click Save and then click OK.
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