3.1 Available Permissions

Some permissions are available for any deployed product. Other permissions depend on the capabilities that you have deployed.

3.1.1 Reports Permissions

The following table lists the permissions available when you add the Reports feature.

Function

Permission

Allows users to…

Reports

Report Admin

In the Reports Portal ...

  • View dashboards and reports

  • Create subfolders

  • Schedule reports

  • Create data worksheets, dashboards, and reports

  • View Admin reports

  • Manage the data source (not available in a SaaS environment)

Reports

Design Reports

In the Reports Portal ...

  • View dashboards and reports

  • Create subfolders

  • Schedule reports

  • Create data worksheets, dashboards, and reports

Reports

Schedule Reports

In the Reports Portal ...

  • View dashboards and reports

  • Create subfolders

  • Schedule reports

Reports

View Reports

In the Reports Portal ...

  • View dashboards and reports

  • Create subfolders

3.1.2 Administrator Permissions

The following table lists the permissions needed to manage users.

Function

Permission

Allows users to…

Admin

View Users

  • View the list of all active and inactive users

Admin

Create Users

Admin

Unlock Users

  • View users

  • Unlock the account of a user that you manage

Admin

Activate/Deactivate Users

Admin

Change User Password

Admin

Change User Email

  • View users

  • Change the email associated with a user

Admin

Assign Roles to Users

  • View users

  • Assign roles that you currently have to users that you manage

    NOTE:If you have the Manage Roles permission, you can assign any role to a user.

Admin

Assign Users to Groups

  • View users

  • Assign users that you manage to groups in which you currently are a member

    NOTE:If you have the Manage Groups permission, you can assign a user to any group.

Admin

Manage Groups

  • View users

  • Assign users to groups

Admin

Manage Roles

3.1.3 ArcSight Permissions

The following table lists the permissions available when you deploy an ArcSight capability such as Recon or Intelligence.

Function

Permission

Allows users to…

Available with...

ArcMC

ArcMC System Admin

  • Perform System Admin functions (not available in a SaaS environment)

ArcMC

ArcMC

ArcMC Operation Admin

  • Perform all Operations functions, but does not have access to System Admin (not available in a SaaS environment)

ArcMC

ArcMC

ArcMC System Viewer

  • Read only access to System Admin functions (not available in a SaaS environment)

ArcMC

ArcMC

ArcMC Operation Viewer

  • Read only access to Operations functions (not available in a SaaS environment)

ArcMC

Dashboards

Access Dashboard

  • View dashboards owned by or shared with the user

  • Modify, delete, and export dashboards owned by the user

  • Create or clone dashboards

  • Import dashboards

  • Set a dashboard as a personal default dashboard

Fusion

Dashboards

Share a Dashboard

  • Perform all actions associated with the Access Dashboard permission

  • With the Manage Role permission, share the current dashboard with any role

  • Without the Manage Role permission, share the current dashboard with any of the roles associated with the user’s role

Fusion

Intelligence

Access Intelligence

  • Log in and use Intelligence

Intelligence

Intelligence

View Intelligence Raw Events

  • Access Intelligence

  • View raw event data

Intelligence

Intelligence

Tune Intelligence Analytics

  • Access Intelligence

  • Fine-tune the importance applied by Analytics to the events in your source data

Intelligence

Intelligence

Access Intelligence Search Manager

  • Access Intelligence

  • Use the Intelligence Search Manager tool for troubleshooting

    NOTE:Do not assign this permission or use the tool without first consulting Support Services. For more information, see the ArcSight Intelligence User Guide on the ArcSight Intelligence documentation site.

    In a SaaS environment, this permission is available only to the System Operations Administrator.

Intelligence

Searches

Execute Search

  • Execute searches using fieldsets, custom ranges dates, and search operators

Recon

Searches

Export Search Results

  • Export the search results in csv format

Recon

Searches

Never Expire Search Results

  • Configure searches to never expire

Recon

Searches

Scheduled Searches

  • Create and manage scheduled searches

Recon

Searches

Manage Outlier Models and Scoring

  • Create and delete Outliers models

  • Build and pause the scoring processes

Recon

Searches

Manage Lookup Lists

  • Add, configure, view, and delete lookup lists

Recon

Searches

Create Fieldsets

  • Create, edit, and delete fieldsets

Recon

Admin

Access Database Monitoring

  • Access the APIs for monitoring the database (not available in a SaaS environment)

Capabilities that require the ArcSight Database

Admin

Manage Storage Groups

  • Create and manage storage groups

Recon

Admin

Manage Kafka

  • Access Kafka Manager for Transformation Hub (not available in a SaaS environment)

Transformation Hub