Administration

Predefined Roles and Privileges
View Administrator includes predefined roles that you can assign to your administrator users and groups.
You can also create your own administrator roles by combining selected privileges.
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Predefined Administrator Roles on page 73
The predefined administrator roles combine all of the individual privileges required to perform
common administration tasks. You cannot modify the predefined roles.
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Global Privileges on page 75
Global privileges control system-wide operations, such as viewing and changing global settings. Roles
that contain only global privileges cannot be applied to access groups.
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Object-Specific Privileges on page 76
Object-specific privileges control operations on specific types of inventory objects. Roles that contain
object-specific privileges can be applied to access groups.
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Internal Privileges on page 76
Some of the predefined administrator roles contain internal privileges. You cannot select internal
privileges when you create custom roles.
Predefined Administrator Roles
The predefined administrator roles combine all of the individual privileges required to perform common
administration tasks. You cannot modify the predefined roles.
Table 4-6 describes the predefined roles and indicates whether a role can be applied to an access group.
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