Rules Palette Security 

The Rules Palette controls all security for both the Rules Palette and for the Oracle Insurance Policy Administration (OIPA) system.   The Admin Explorer contains a security folder, which holds security controls for the Rules Palette and OIPA.  Only users with Administration Palette Security Check-In/Check-Out privileges will see the security folder.

Palette Security privileges are configured in two steps:

1. User Security - contains a list of all users and the security roles assigned to them.

2. Security Role - contains a list of all security roles and the privileges each role has.

The security manager(s) first create specific security roles, such as BA, Configuror, Build Manager, etc.  These roles will grant users access to the parts of the Rules Palette that pertain to their specific job functions.  Once the roles are defined, each user can be assigned a security role.  Security roles and privileges can be modified at any time from the User Security or Security Role folder.  Modifications can be made and saved by selecting the Save All button.  This will save the modifications to the database.

Note: When using the Save All button, changes to security will be saved to the database. In addition, any panes open for configuration with changes will be saved to your local drive.

Company Security

When a new company is created, you must manually re-load security scripts in order to update the database.  If you do not complete this step, your new company will not have access to any of the Web Services.

Transaction Security

Security will also need to be added to new transactions after they are created.  The user who created the new transaction will notify a security manager when a new transaction is created.  A security manager will then need to add the transaction to the security group for the appropriate users.  If this step is not completed, users will not be able to see the new transaction in OIPA.

Release Management Security

Security roles will need to be created for the release management process.  Typically, BAs have access to the configuration package configuration.  Then Build Managers and/or BAs with Administration privileges have access to create migration sets and release packages.  You can also set a separate level for a Release Manager so that he can deploy the release package.  If a user is not given release management privileges, then he/she will not be able to see any of the release management functionality in the palette.

Security Role

Security Role is where the security roles are created for users.  There are pre-configured access privileges that can be combined to create security roles. The Rules Palette offers visual editing security role configuration options when you double-click Security Role in the Security folder.

Available privileges within Rules Palette security are:
 

Note: All users will have view access to all rules as a default.

 Steps to Create a New Security Role

1. In Admin Explorer, double-click the Security Role option.

2. Select the New Role button.

3. Enter the name for the new role in the Role Name field.

4. Select the desired privileges to be granted to the new role from the list of Available Privileges.  CTRL-click to select multiple options at a time. Selected items will become highlighted.

5. Use the left arrow   selection button to move selected privileges from the Available Privileges list to the Applicable Privileges list.  The privileges you place in the Applicable Privileges list will be the ones that are applied to your selected role after clicking Save All . You can also select the right arrow  button to remove items from the Applicable Privileges list and return them to the Available Privileges list.

6. An Insert action next to the role name indicates a new role is about to be added and disappears on saving these changes.

7. Select the Save All  button on the Tool bar to save your changes. You will be prompted to save your changes to the database.

8. Select Yes to save or No to cancel.
   
   

Note:  When using the Save All button, changes to security will be saved to the database. In addition, any panes open for configuration with changes will be saved to your local drive.

Steps to Delete a Security Role  

1. In Admin Explorer, double-click the Security Role option.

2. Select the role from the Roles list that you wish to delete.

3. Click the Delete button. A delete action is indicated when the user deletes a role and on saving changes this disappears.

4. Click the Save All  button on the Tool bar to save your changes.

Note:  When a Security Role is deleted all users assigned to that role will have Read Only privileges the next time they log into the system.

User Security

The User Security window is the gateway for managing users and their respective security roles.  New users can be added and existing users can be deleted using the Add or Delete buttons.  Each user can only be assigned one security role.

The Quick Search option at the top of the User Security window allows you to enter the first letter or letters to search for a particular user in the system.  You can also click on the column heading (User, Role or Status) to sort the selected column alphabetically.  

Steps to Create a New User

1. Select the Add button in the User Security window. Additional fields will appear at the bottom of the window.

2. Enter the new user's name in the UserName field and assign a password in the Password field.

3. Assign a role to the new user in the Role drop-down field.
    

Note: Depending on the role selected, the privileges field will be auto-populated by the system with the respective privileges.  The privileges field is not editable.

4. After adding the new user, select the Save All  button on shortcut tool bar. A window will appear to confirm that your changes should be saved to the database.

Note:  When using the Save All button, changes to security will be saved to the database. In addition, any panes open for configuration with changes will be saved to your local drive.

Steps to Delete a User

1. Select the user from the list of available users in the User Security window.

2. Select the Delete button. A pop-up window appears, prompting: This will save your changes to the database.  Select Yes to proceed.

3. Select Yes to delete the user or select No to cancel the deletion and return to the User Security window.