Roles

In WebSphere Commerce, a user can be either an administrator, or a customer. Specifically, WebSphere Commerce supports a RegisterType attribute for a user. This attribute takes on one of three valid values: A (administrator), R (registered), or 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 administrator registration type, WebSphere Commerce provides a default set of roles:

• Business relationship roles

• Customer service roles

• Marketing roles

• Operational roles

• Organizational management roles

• Workspaces roles

• Product management and merchandising roles

• Technical operations roles

• Supplemental roles (these roles do not have access to the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, or other WebSphere Commerce tools)

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.

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

A guest customer 'G' is a customer who has not registered.

 

Related Concepts

WebSphere Commerce Accelerator
Organization Administration Console
Member subsystem roles

 

Related tasks

Select roles for an organization
Select roles for a user