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Roles

In WebSphere Commerce, a user can be either an administrator, or a customer. WebSphere Commerce supports a RegisterType attribute for a user, which takes on one of three valid values:

A	administrator
R	registered
G	guest

...and indicates the type of role that the user plays with WebSphere Commerce. Note that the attribute itself does not give the user any authority within WebSphere Commerce. If the user is an administrator, the user has a registration type of A to denote an Administrator role within WebSphere Commerce.

For example, an "approvals administrator" may be specifically in charge of processing approvals.

For the customer registration type, WebSphere Commerce provides these roles:

• Users

Each of these roles belongs to one or more business models and can perform tasks in one or more profile stores within each model.

registered customer

'R' is a customer who has registered and provided WebSphere Commerce with some profile data.

guest customer

"G' is a customer who has not registered.

For the administrator registration type, WebSphere Commerce provides a default set of roles:

• Operational roles
  

  There are several operational roles in WebSphere Commerce.

• Organizational management roles
  

  WebSphere Commerce supports the following organizational management roles:

  • Buyer Administrator
  • Buyer Approver
  • Buyer (buy-side)
  • Procurement Buyer Administrator
  • Procurement Buyer (buy-side)
  • Organization Participant
  • Seller Administrator

• Business relationship roles
  

  The following business relationship management roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce:

  • Account Representative
  • Sales Manager
  • Channel Manager

• Product management and merchandising roles
  

  The following product management and merchandising roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce:

  • Product Manager (this role may also be referred to as a merchandising manager)
  • Category Manager
  • Buyer (seller side)

• Marketing roles
  

  The following marketing roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce:

  • Marketing Manager

• Workspaces roles
  

  The following workspaces roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce:

  • Workspace Manager
  • Workspace Task Group Approver
  • Workspace Content Contributor

• Technical operations roles
  

  The following technical operations roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce:

  Site Administrator

• Customer service roles
  

  The following customer service roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce:

  • Customer Service Representative
  • Customer Service Supervisor

• Supplemental roles
  

  Supplemental roles do not have access to the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, or other WebSphere Commerce tools. These roles are used in the WebSphere Commerce business processes.

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