When setting up your JBoss BPM Suite using LDAP to leverage an enterprises existing roles and users, there is a pretty good chance that the existing default roles are already taken.
What can you do to modify these roles: admin, developer, analyst, user, and manager in the default deployment of JBoss BPM Suite?
Well we can modify these in the workbench configuration and ensure that you have five unique LDAP based roles available that conform to your enterprise standard operating procedures as follows.
# Edit the file found in the deployments directory of your jboss server, # business-central.war/WEB-INF/classes/workbench-policy.properties and # at the bottom you will find the following entries that can be adjusted # to the LDAP roles you would like to assign to each. # roles.wb_everything=admin roles.wb_for_developers=developer roles.wb_for_business_analysts=analyst roles.wb_for_business_users=user roles.wb_for_managers=manager # You will also need to adjust the file found in the deployments directory # of your jboss server at business-central.war/WEB-INF/web.xml to adjust # to match your new LDAP roles. The following entries are shown with the # original five roles, adjust the 'role-name' to the new roles as needed. #Administrator - Administrates the BPMS system. Has full access rights to make any changes necessary. Also has the ability to add and remove users from the system. admin Analyst - Responsible for creating and designing processes into the system. Creates process flows and handles process change requests. Needs to test processes that they create. Also creates forms and dashboards. analyst Developer - Implements code required for process to work. Mostly uses the JBDS connection to view processes, but may use the web tool occasionally. developer Business user - Daily user of the system to take actions on business tasks that are required for the processes to continue forward. Works primarily with the task lists. user Manager/Viewer-only User - Viewer of the system that is interested in statistics around the business processes and their performance, business indicators, and other reporting of the system and people who interact with the system. manager
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