FME Flow: 2024.2

Roles

Select User Management > Roles.

A role is a group of one or more Users.

For more information about users and roles in FME Flow, see Role-Based and User-Based Access Control.

The default columns displayed in the Roles table are:

  • Name - Name of the role.
  • Users - User accounts assigned to the role.

FME Flow provides a set of default roles:

Role Description User

fmeadmin

Provides full access to FME Flow, including the Web User Interface.

 admin

fmeauthor

Provides workspace authors access to FME Flow to publish, author, and test new workspaces.

 author

fmeguest

Provides the minimal access to FME Flow required to run workspaces.

 guest
fmesuperuser Authorized to access all resources of FME Flow, including existing and newly-created resources. admin
fmeuser Provides users access to the Web User Interface and Web Services. user

Adding and Removing Roles

To add a role, click New. Alternatively, select an existing role and click Duplicate. A dialog displays to add a new role. This dialog is similar to Configuring an Existing Role, below.

To remove a role, select it and click Remove.

Note  You cannot remove the fmesuperuser role.

Configuring an Existing Role

To configure an existing user role, click an entry in the Roles table. The Edit Role page opens. Configure the following settings, and click OK to save your changes.

Associated Users

To assign users to the role, click inside the field and select a user in the drop-down. To remove users from the role, click the "x" beside the user name.

Permissions

You can give a role access to different functions in FME Flow. Check the box beside a function to grant access.

Optionally, you can add permissions to match those from an existing role. Click Load Template. On the Load Template from Role dialog, select the role from which to load permissions, and click OK. This option adds any additional permissions that are not already granted. No permissions are removed. You can click Load Template multiple times to add permissions from more roles.

There are two levels of permissions:

  • General: Allows users of the role to view the corresponding navigation link in the Web User Interface, along with select management functions, depending on the category. For example, if Access is checked beside Repositories, users can access the Repositories page. Additionally, if Create is checked, users can create repositories on the Repositories page.
  • Item: Allows users of the role specific permissions on items within functional categories. To view items, click the drop-down icon of a category (v). For example, when you expand the Repositories category, you see the individual repositories on your FME Flow, along with the permissions that can be granted for each one.

The following is a detailed explanation of general- and item-level (where applicable) permissions for each category:

Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access Analytics. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Automations page, and list workflows and tags. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create automations. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Automations:

  • Read: View a workflow and its log file.
  • Write: Edit or remove a workflow.
  • Run: Start and stop a workflow.
  • Apps: Run a workflow through an automation app.
  • Webhooks: Access a URL generated by a Webhook trigger that requires authentication.

Note  Automations requires additional permissions. You are prompted to grant any additional permissions that are required.

Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Access and manage Broadcast Messages. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Database Connections and Web Connections pages. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create connections. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Manage Access, create, and remove connections. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Connections:

  • Access: Manage web services.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Dashboards page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Configure Data Collection. fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Deployment Parameter Store. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create deployment parameters. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual deployment parameters:

  • Read: Access a deployment parameter.
  • Write: Edit a deployment parameter.
  • Remove: Remove a deployment parameter.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Automation Apps page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create automation apps. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Automation Apps:

  • Run: Run an automation app.
  • Read: Access an automation app.
  • Write: Edit or remove an automation app.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Gallery Apps page fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create gallery apps. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Gallery Apps:

  • Run: Open links in a gallery app.
  • Read: Access a gallery app.
  • Write: Edit or remove a gallery app.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Workspace Apps page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create workspace apps. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Workspace Apps:

  • Run: Run a workspace app.
  • Read: Access a workspace app.
  • Write: Edit or remove a workspace app.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Jobs page to view the jobs you have run, or cancel any of your jobs that are currently running or in queue. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmeguest, fmesuperuser, fmeuser
Manage Access and manage the jobs of all users. You can:
  • Cancel any job that is currently running.
  • Remove the history of jobs that were previously run.
 fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Licensing, Engines, and Deployment Status (Deprecated). fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
Note  Licensing permission also requires membership in the fmesuperuser role.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Access Network & Email configurations, except Services. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Add FME packages to Projects.  
Upload Publish FME packages from FME Form to FME Flow and remove existing packages. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Projects page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create projects. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Projects:

  • Read: View information about a project.
  • Write: Edit a project.
  • Delete: Delete a project, or delete items from a project.
Note  Access or Create permission is not required to have Read/Write/Delete permission on individual projects. These tasks can still be accomplished with the REST API.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Publications page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create Notification Service Publications. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Publications:

  • Read: View information about a publication.
  • Write: Edit a publication.
  • Remove: Delete a publication.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Access to Queue Control, except engine assignment rules (also requires Manage permission in Licensing & Engines). fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Workspaces page.
Note  Access permission is not required to run a workspace. Only Run permission on the applicable repository is required (see below).
 fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create repositories. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Repositories:

  • Download: Download workspaces and other repository items from FME Flow into FME Workbench.
  • Read: View repository information.
  • Publish: Publish workspaces and other items to the repository from FME Workbench.
  • Run: Run repository workspaces from FME Flow.
    • Note   Users must also have Allow permission on the applicable service (see Services) when running workspaces.
  • Remove: Remove a repository, or remove items from a repository.
Note  You must uncheck all five permissions to completely remove a role from membership with a repository.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Resources page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create connections to network resources. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
  • Access: Access the Resources page.
  • Create: Create connections to network resources.

    • Individual Resource connections (top-level folders):

    • Access: Read and download a file.
    • List: List the folders and files of a resource.
    • Write: Write to files.
    • Upload: Upload files.
    • Remove: Delete files.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Run Workspace page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmeguest, fmesuperuser, fmeuser
Advanced Access Job Directives when running workspaces. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Schedules page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create schedules. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Schedules:

  • Full Access: Edit or delete a schedule.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Access to Security configurations. fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Configure the FME Flow services. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser

Individual Services:

  • Full Access: Manage FME Flow services.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Streams page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create streams. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Streams:

  • Read: View a stream.
  • Write: Edit or remove a stream.
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Subscriptions page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create Notification Service Subscriptions. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Subscriptions:

  • Read: View information about a subscription.
  • Write: Edit a subscription.
  • Remove: Delete a subscription.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Configure system cleanup. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Configure System Events. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
General Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Access the Topics page. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Create Create topics. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser

Individual Topics:

  • Read: View information about a topic.
  • Write: Edit a topic.
  • Publish: Publish notifications to a topic.
  • Remove: Delete a topic.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Manage Configure users and roles. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser
Note  Version Control must be enabled to view these permissions.
Permission Description Roles Granted This Permission, by Default
Access Commit versions and view repository history. fmeadmin, fmeauthor, fmesuperuser
Manage Enable version control and configure with a remote Git repository. fmeadmin, fmesuperuser