Managing access to the Process Center repository

Administrators can manage user access to the Process Center repository from the Process Center console.

The Process Center console displays users and groups from the following sources:

• IBM® BPM internal security provider.
• Any external security provider that was configured for use with IBM BPM during installation.

The best way to manage access to the Process Center and its repository is by using groups. For example, the easiest way to manage access to the Process Center repository is to add preexisting groups of users from your external provider to tw_authors, which is an IBM BPM group whose members have access to the repository by default. Then, when changes are required, you can add or remove individual users from the groups that exist in your external security provider. This practice ensures that the security maintenance that you complete in your external provider does not require more work in IBM BPM.

The same is true for administrative access to the Process Center repository. You can add preexisting groups of users from your external provider to tw_admins, which is an IBM BPM group whose members have administrative access to the repository by default.

Before you complete any of the following tasks, start IBM Process Designer and open the Process Center console or use a browser to open the Process Center console.