Role Preferences
Did you know that you can customize role preferences in the Oracle system? This allows you to set both prefixes and suffixes when copying role names, as well as choose the default view for roles in the security console, whether as a graph or a table.
Navigate to Tools >> Security or open the task “Manage Applications Security Preferences” task from Setup and Maintenance >> Search tasks option:
Click the Administration tab and then the Roles subtab:
To create custom roles, it is recommended to copy predefined roles and edit the copied roles. When you copy a predefined role:
- The ORA_ prefix is automatically removed from the role code of the copied role.
- The copied role prefix and suffix values are automatically added to the role name and code of the copied role.
You can specify the prefix and suffix values on the Roles subtab, by default:
- Prefix values are blank.
- The role-name suffix is Custom.
- The role-code suffix is _CUSTOM.
For example, if you copy the Benefits Administrator job role (ORA_BEN_BENEFITS_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB), then the default name and code of the copied role are:
- Benefits Administrator Custom
- BEN_BENEFITS_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB_CUSTOM
You can change prefix and suffix values, as required. If you change these values, then click Save, the changes take effect immediately for any new copied roles.
Graph Nodes and Default Views
Enable default table view:
On the Roles tab of the Security Console, you can view role hierarchies. By default, these hierarchies are shown in a table format. If you’d like to see them in a graph instead, just uncheck the Enable default table view option.
Graph Node Limit:
When looking at role hierarchies, there can be a lot of nodes. To manage this, you can set a limit on how many nodes appear in the graph by adjusting the Graph Node Limit. If the number of nodes goes over this limit, it’s best to switch back to the table format for easier viewing.
Role – view as a table:
Role – view as a graph:
References:
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