Predefined User Roles Overview

Routing Director provides four predefined roles to manage access privileges of users, based on the tasks users need to perform.

A superuser creates an organization, adds users to predefined roles depending on the requirements of the organization. For example, an organization with a large number of networking devices would require multiple users performing different roles to efficiently manage the organization, whereas, in a small organization, a single user can perform all the four roles. Different types of users in an organization, such as a network architect, network planner, NOC engineer, and field technician, all derive their access privileges from the predefined roles assigned to them.

User Roles and their Responsibilities

The four predefined roles are:

• Super User

  • Is the administrator of the organization.

  • Creates organization, invites users, assigns user roles, creates sites, adopts devices, and so on.

  • A superuser doesn’t need to be a person with a high-level of networking domain expertise.

• Network Admin

  • Is a networking expert who monitors, verifies, and troubleshoots an organization's network.

• Observer

  • Monitors events in the organization's network.

  • An Observer cannot take corrective action. The observer brings issues to the notice of the network administrator for resolution.

• Installer

  • Onboards devices and monitors device status during onboarding.

  • An Installer can access only the Onboard a Device and Device List pages.

Table 1 displays the access privileges of the four user roles to the menu items.

Table 1: User roles and their access privileges

Menu	Super User	Network Admin	Observer	Installer
Observability
Observability > Health
Troubleshoot Devices	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Events	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Health Dashboard	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Custom KPI Collection	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Observability > Active Assurance
Monitors	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Tests	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Measurement Designer	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Observability > Network
Topology	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Observability > Routing
Route Explorer	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Trust and Compliance
Trust > General
Trust Plans	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Trust > Compliance
Compliance Scan	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Checklist	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Benchmarks	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Tailorings	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Trust > Integrity
Hardware EOL	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Software EOL	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Trust > Vulnerabilities
Advisories	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
PBNs	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Orchestration
Orchestration > Service
Instances	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Service Catalog	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Customers	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Resource Instances	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Orchestration > Monitoring
Workflows	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Service Orders	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Inventory
Inventory > Devices
Network Inventory	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Device and Interface Profiles	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Configuration Templates	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Configuration Backups	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Software Images	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Inventory > Device Onboarding
Onboarding Dashboard	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Network Implementation Plan	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Inventory > Active Assurance
Test Agents	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Test Templates	✓	✓	╳	╳
Inventory > Common Resources
Sites	✓	╳	╳	╳
Tags	✓	╳	╳	╳
Network Optimization
Network Optimization Intent	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Planning
Offline Models	✓	✓	✓ (view only)	╳
Settings Menu
System Settings	✓	╳	╳	╳
Users	✓	╳	╳	╳
Audit Logs	✓	✓	╳	╳
Control Profiles	✓	✓ (view only)	╳	╳
Field Technician UI
Onboard a Device	╳	╳	╳	✓
Device List	╳	╳	╳	✓