Users and Roles are created using the Spectrum Management Console. The Management Console is
included with the Platform Client Tools which are available from the Spectrum landing
page on your spectrum server. It is available under the ‘Web’ and can be accessed
through browser.
Below is an overview of users and roles for Analyst. For details on how to create users
and roles in Spectrum, refer to Spectrum Administration Guide.
Analyst has three types of role:
- The Admin Role - The admin role is the built in admin role which is
available with Spectrum. This role cannot be modified. Users who belong to the
admin role are able to sign into Analyst Admin Console and can upload data using
the Spectrum Map Uploader. They can also see all of the data when signing into
the Analyst application.
- An Analyst Role: Users who belong to Analyst Roles are able to sign into
the Analyst application as authenticated users. An Analyst role is any Spectrum
Role whose name starts with the word “Analyst”. Any number of Analyst roles can
be created. Users will see only the data that their roles have been permission
on.
- The Analyst Guest Role: Guest access is an optional setting that can be enabled. When
enabled a specific user is assigned as the guest user and they should be added
to a role called AnalystGuestRole. Anyone browsing to the
Analyst application will be able to access it without signing in and will be
able to see any data that the AnalystGuestRole has been given
permission on. Behind the scenes Analyst authenticates as the guest user. The
name of the guest role and guest user is configurable and can be set using
shared.properties.
After browsing and accessing Spectrum Spatial Analyst as a guest, a user can
optionally click sign-in. If they belong to an Analyst role or the admin role they will
then access Analyst as an authenticated user and see additional data that their role
assignments have permission on.