User role profiles in System Center - Service Manager

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This version of Service Manager has reached the end of support. We recommend you to upgrade to Service Manager 2022.

This article provides detailed information about the scope and properties of user role profiles in System Center - Service Manager.

Tabs in the Administrator console

The table below shows the tabs and order that they appear in the console.

User roles Tab order in Console
activity implementer 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
advanced operator 1. Library
2. Work Items
3. Configurations
author 1. Library
2. Work Items
3. Configurations
change initiator 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
change manager 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
incident resolver 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
problem analysts 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
Read Only operator 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
Release Manager 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
Service Request Analyst 1. Work Items
2. Configurations
Workflow 1. Work Items
2. Configurations

Default user roles

action allowed roles
read knowledge articles activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, end user, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
edit knowledge articles advanced operator, author
create knowledge articles advanced operator, author
delete knowledge article advanced operator, author
create change requests and activities activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
create incident and activities activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
create problem records activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
create release records activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
create service requests and activities activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
edit change requests advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
edit incidents advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
edit problem records advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
edit release records advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
edit service requests advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow
update status for change requests advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
update status for incidents advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
update status for problem records advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
update status for release records advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
update status for service requests advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow
update status for manual activity advanced operator, author, change manager, incident resolver, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
update status for review activity advanced operator, author, change manager, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
create CIs advanced operator, author, workflow
update CIs advanced operator, author, workflow
delete CIs advanced operator, author, workflow
create user preference activity implementer, advanced operator, author, change initiator, change manager, incident resolver, problem analyst, read only operator, release manager, service request analyst, workflow
update user preference They can update them self only. Say Activity implementer user login as "ABC1" user, then he can update "ABC1" only. Same with all the user roles.

Default user role relationships in Service Manager

WorkItemAboutConfigItem -> ConfigurationItem

  • change requests - advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident records - advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem records - advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record - advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request - advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

WorkItemRelatesToConfigItem > ConfigurationItem

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record – advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record – advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request – advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

EntityLinksToKnowledgeDocument > ConfigurationItem

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record – advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record – advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request – advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

WorkItemRelatesToWorkItem > WorkItem

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record – advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record – advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request – advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

WorkItemAffectedUser

  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • service request – advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

WorkItemAssignedToUser

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record - advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record - advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request - advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

FileAttachmentAddedByUser

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record - advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record - advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request - advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

BillableTimeHasWorkingUser

  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow

IncidentPrimaryOwner

  • incident record - advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow

TroubleTicketResolvedByUser

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record - advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record - advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request - advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

TroubleTicketClosedByUser

  • change request – advanced operator, author, change manager, workflow
  • incident record – advanced operator, author, incident resolver, workflow
  • problem record - advanced operator, author, problem analyst, workflow
  • release record - advanced operator, author, release manager, workflow
  • service request - advanced operator, author, service request analyst, workflow

ReviewerIsUser

  • review activity - advanced operator, author, change manager, release manager, service request analyst, workflow

ReviewerVotedByUse

  • review activity - advanced operator, author, change manager, release manager, service request analyst, workflow

WorkItemRelatesToRequestOffering > RequestOffering

  • advanced operator
  • author

ServiceOfferingRelatesToRequestOffering > RequestOffering

  • advanced operator
  • author

Implied permissions

The following are implied permissions for Service Manager.

ImpliedIncidentAffectedUser

The permissions for the implied Affected User profile are granted through the WorkItemAffectedUser relationship.

Operation Type Property Relationship
Read Incident or service request instances, and anything that is contained within. All properties of an incident instance. All relationships that include the incident or service request instance.
Create Work items that the user is affected by:

- Work item log
- File attachment
All properties of a work item log and a file attachment for the incident or service request instance. File attachment for an incident or service request instance.
Update Work items that the user is affected by:

- Incident
- Service request
- Work item log
- File attachment
All properties of an incident or service request instance. Incident instance BillableTimeHasWorkingUser->User.
Delete Work item that the user is affected by - File attachment File attachment for an incident or service request instance. File attachment for an incident or service request instance.

ImpliedReviewer

The permissions for the implied Review Activity Reviewer profile are granted through the ReviewerIsUser relationship.

Operation Type Property Relationship
Read Reviewer instances and anything that is contained within. All properties of a Reviewer instances and anything that is contained within. All relationships that include the Reviewer instance, and anything that is contained within.
Create None None None
Update None Reviewer instances:

- Reviewer.Comments
- Reviewer.DecisionDate
- Reviewer.Decision
Reviewer Instances:

- ReviewerVotedByUser->User
- ReviewerVotedByUser->Reviewer
Delete None None None

ImpliedActivityEditor

The permissions for the implied Assigned To User profile are granted through the WorkItemAssignedToUser relationship.

Operation Type Property Relationship
Read Activity instances and anything that is contained in it. None None
Create Work item instances that the user is assigned to:

- Activity
- Reviewer
All properties of Activity and Reviewer instances that are related to a work item instance. All the Activity and Reviewer instances that are related to a work item Instance.
Update Work item instances that the user is assigned to: Activity All properties of an activity and the work item instances. All Activity instances that are related to the work item Instance.
Delete None None None

ImpliedConfigItemCustodian

The permissions for the implied CI Owner profile are granted through the ConfigItemOwnedByUser relationship.

Operation Type Property Relationship
Read Configuration item instances and anything that is contained within. All properties of a configuration item instance and anything that is contained in it. All relationships that include a configuration item instance, and anything that is contained in it.
Create None None None
Update None None Configuration item Instance - WorkItemAboutConfigItem
Delete None None None

ImpliedPrimaryComputerUser

The permissions for the implied CI Primary User profile are granted through the ComputerPrimaryUser relationship.

Operation Type Property Relationship
Read Configuration item instances and anything that is contained within. All properties of a configuration item instance and anything that is contained within. All relationships that include the configuration item instance and anything that is contained within.
Create None None None
Update None None None
Delete None None None