Site administrators are default site managers who can create additional site
administrators and delegate few site administrative tasks to them. They can also allow some
CollabNet
TeamForge users to use one or more CollabNet
TeamForge tools across several projects, by
creating site-wide roles with specific project permissions, minus site administrative
permissions. They can also provide ready-to-use roles as global roles, creating uniformity
across the site.
In CollabNet
TeamForge, site or project
administrators assign roles to the site users or project members. Besides this, a
project member can submit a role request to the project administrator. The project
administrator can approve or reject such requests.
A role defines these things:
- The applications that project members with that role can and cannot access.
- The resources on which project members with that role can use the applications.
- The actions that project members can take in each application and on each
resource.
When a user's roles do not include access to an application or resource, that application
or resource is not visible to that user. For example, imagine that you are assigning
roles to Jason, a software developer. Jason needs to check source code in and out in
order to fix bugs, develop features and create software releases. However, Jason does
not need access to project wiki. If you set up Jason's roles according to those
requirements, Jason's experience is like this:
- On any page in the project site, Jason can see and click the
Tracker, Source Code, and
File Releases buttons along the top of his screen.
- Jason does not see the Wiki button.
- If someone sends Jason a link to a page in the Wiki application and Jason clicks the
link, he gets an error message. (The message does not specify whether the page
exists or not.)
- When he accesses the project directly from Eclipse or Visual Studio, Jason can
expand the project node and browse the Tracker,
Source Code, and File Releases
nodes, but not the Wiki node.
Applications
An application is a collection of related features designed to enable a user to
perform tasks and collaborate with other users. For example, the Documents
application helps users create documents, share in document reviews, and publish
documents, among other things.
In the Web interface, each application is represented by a button in the navigation
bar at the top of any project page. A given user can see the buttons corresponding
to applications they have access to by virtue of the roles assigned to them.
Applications are also known as "tools."
Resources
- The tracker application might contain a bugs tracker and a feature request
tracker. These are the tracker resources.
- A project can contain multiple SCM repositories. These are the SCM
resources.
Site Administration Responsibilities
The additional site administrators can be granted administrative rights for any of
the site administrator responsibilities related to the following:
- Projects (includes project templates)
- Project Groups
- Users
- Groups
- Roles
- Categories
- System Tools
- Integrated Applications
Site Administration Permissions
- View Only
- Allows users to view and download items, but not to create or edit items,
administer or edit application settings.
- Create or Submit
- Allows users to create or submit and edit items, but not to administer or
edit application settings. Users with the create or submit permission also
have the edit and view permissions.
- Edit
- Allows users to edit items, but not to administer items or edit application
settings. Users with the edit permission also have the create / submit and
view permissions.
- Administer
- Allows users to create, edit and administer items plus edit application
settings, if required. Users with the administer permission also have the
edit, create or submit, and view permissions.
- Delete
- Allows users to delete items, but not to administer items or edit
application settings. Users with the delete permission also have view
permissions.