Providing access to Authorization Manager Plug in SAS

There are times where SAS Admins need to provide access to specific plugins in SAS Management Console. Here I am going to cover providing access to Authorization Manager Plug in using SAS Management console 9.2. The scenario here is the user named Robert needs access to Authorization Manager Plug in alone. He want to do migrate ACT from one environment to other.

Note: This scenario can done in SAS Management Console 9.3 and 9.4.

What should be done?
First you should create a new Group and a new Role. Yes, a new group is needed to hold the list of users who need access to Authorization Manager Plug in alone. It is always good to have separate group for a separate role. It makes your life easier when it comes to maintenance.

Let’s say the group name is Authorization Manager group. Then a new Role should be created which gives access only to Authorization Manager Plug in. There will be many default roles available but it is always better to create a new one.

Steps

Step 1: Creating a new Group

To create a new groups click on User Manager Plug-in and add new group. You will get a similar window like above. You can give whatever name you need. It is best to follow your industry naming convention.

Step 2: Adding the existing user to Authorization Manager group

You need to add the user in members tab in the newly created group. In our scenario Robert is the user who needs access to plugin. So I am adding him as a member of the group.

Step 3: Creating a new role for Authorization Manager plugin

Here I am creating  new role. New role can be created using User Manager Plug in in SAS Management Console. I am naming the role as Authorization plugin only.

Step 4: Adding Members to the Role
Here you will get the same screen as Step:2. In members we need to add the group "Authorization Manager group" which I created now. Member should be Authorization Manger group as Robert is member of that group.

Alternatively, you can add 'Robert' directly as member of this role. I am adding him to the group because it will be easy for me to add if new users needs the same access.

Step 5: Plug-in

In the Capabilities tab, you can decide what plug-in can the user see in their client tool. Robert needs Authorization Manger which is part of SAS Management Console. You can find it under Plug-ins. I am checking only the Authorization Manager. So here is what Robert can see in his SAS Management Console.

Robert can only able to view Authorization Manager plugin.