How to determine Required Roles and Privileges for Various Work Areas
Did you know that Oracle provides a feature to help you identify the necessary roles and privileges for accessing specific work areas? The “Simulate Navigator” tool allows you to see how access is assigned to different work areas and tasks, making it easier to manage and understand access control within the system.
Navigate to Tools >> Security Console:
On the Roles tab, you can search for any role to explore its details. Click on small arrow button below the role name and select “Simulate Navigator”:
The Simulate Navigator page opens.
- The Lock icon indicates that the role can’t access the entry.
- The Warning icon indicates that the entry may not appear in the Navigator as the result of configuration.
To view only the entries accessible to the role, adjust the “Show” filter to “Access granted.” This will display only those entries that the role has permissions to access, streamlining the process of reviewing role-specific access.
Click on any work area to find 2 options – View Roles That Grant Access and View Privileges Required for Menu:
View Roles That Grant Access:
In the “Roles That Grant Access” dialog box, review the list of roles. These roles can be of any type - job, duty, abstract role etc. After examining this list, you can determine the best way to enable access for your role. For instance, you might decide to assign an abstract role to a user or add an aggregate privilege to a custom role.
Click OK to close the Roles That Grant Access dialog box.
View Privileges Required for Menu:
In the “View Privileges Required for Menu” dialog box, review the list of privileges that grant access to:
- The Navigator menu item
- Task panel entries in the associated work area. In the Access Granted column of this table, you can see whether the selected role can access these tasks.
You can use this information when creating roles. It helps you identify how to add or remove access to specific tasks and work areas effectively.
Click OK to close the View Privileges for Work Area Access dialog box.
Click Close to close the Simulate Navigator page.
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