Introduction
In Ariba Network, administrators and users play different roles. As an administrator you provide administrative support to your company for the smooth running of business. Additionally, admins responsibility includes:
- Administrator role is automatically linked to the username and login entered at the time of registration. However, the administrators can reassign the role to other users.
- Registration of new accounts, account configuration and management
- Users and roles creations
- Handling account login issues
- Serving as the primary contact for users
Users have different roles, which corresponds to their job responsibilities. Each user is responsible to update their profiles – personal user information, in Ariba system. In this article we will discuss more about SAP Ariba Network User and Role Management.
Creating Role
- From Company Setting menu, navigate to Users to open Users pages.
- In users page, under Manage Users Roles click Create Role
- Provide the role details – name of role, role description
- Provide the Permissions to role. At least one permission must be given.
- Click Save
Modifying a Role
You can modify an existing role and in case if a user is already assigned to that role, the modifications will be reflected once they login again.
- From Company Setting menu, navigate to Users to open Users pages.
- In users page, under Manage Users Roles click Edit to open Edit Role Page
- Update the required details – name of role, role description
- Update selected Permissions
- Click Save
Creating User
- From Company Setting menu, navigate to Users to open Users pages.
- In users page, under Manage Users click Create User to open Create User Page
- Under New User Information, provide user details – username, email, first name, last name(optional), office phone no.
- Under Role Assignment Section, provide at least one Role to user
- To transfer administration role to user, click Make Administrator
- Click Done
Managing User Roles and Resetting Password
- From Company Setting menu, navigate to Users to open Users pages.
- In users page, under Manage Users, select user which you want to modify, click Edit
- Under Role Assignment Section, add or remove roles.
- Under Customer Assignment Section, you can assign the user to customers.
- Click Save
To reset user’s password, click Reset Password. A link will be sent to the user via email to reset their password.