Understand the Available Permissions

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

Reports Permissions

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

Function Permissions In the Reports Portal, allows users to…
Reports Report Admin

View dashboards and reports

Create subfolders

Schedule reports

Create data worksheets, dashboards, and reports

View Admin reports

Reports Design Reports

View dashboards and reports

Create subfolders

Schedule reports

Create data worksheets, dashboards, and reports

Reports Schedule Reports

View dashboards and reports

Create subfolders

Schedule reports

Reports View Reports

View dashboards and reports

Create subfolders

User Management Permissions

The following table lists the permissions needed to manage users.

Function Permissions Allows users to…

User Management

View Users

View the list of all active and inactive users

User Management

Create Users

View users

Assign roles to users

Assign users to groups

User Management

Activate /Deactivate Users

View users

Change the status of a user that you manage

User Management

Change User Password

View users

Change the password of a user that you manage

User Management

Change User Email

View users

Change the email associated with a user

User Management

Assign Roles to Users

View users

Assign roles that you currently have to users that you manage

User Management

Assign Users to Groups

View users

View account groups

Add and remove users from account groups that you currently manage

Assign users who are members of account groups that you manage to any other account group

User Management

Manage Groups

View account groups

Create account groups

You are automatically added to the account groups that you create.

Delete account groups that you currently manage

Add and remove managers for account groups that you currently manage

Add and remove users from account groups that you currently manage

Assign users who are members of account groups that you manage to any other account group

User Management

Manage Roles

View roles

Create roles

You are automatically added to the account groups that you create.

Add and remove users from roles that you have

Add and remove any permission assigned to you from roles that you currently have

Delete roles that you currently have

ArcSight Permissions

The following table lists the permissions available when you deploy an ArcSight capability such as Log Management and Compliance.

Function Permission Allows users to… Available with…
ArcMC

ArcMC System Admin

Not available in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Perform System Admin functions

Common services
ArcMC

ArcMC Operation Admin

Not available in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Perform all Operations functions, but does not have access to System Admin

Common services
ArcMC

ArcMC System Viewer

Not available in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Read only access to System Admin functions

Common services
ArcMC

ArcMC Operation Viewer

Not available in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Read only access to Operations functions

Common services
Case Management View Own Cases Allows a user to view the cases assigned to them Common services
Case Management View All Cases Allows a user to view all cases Common services
Case Management Work on Cases Allows a user modify cases and trigger manual actions Common services
Case Management Close Cases Allows a user to close cases Common services
Case Management Create Manual Cases Allows a user to create a new manual case Common services
Case Management Add Scope Items Allows a user to add a new scope item on a case Common services
Dashboards Share a dashboard

With the Manage Roles permission, share the current dashboard with any role

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

Common services
Operations Management

Get Registration URL

Available only in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Generate a URL that the system uses to register connected components with AToMS Real-time Threat Detection
Operations Management

Access Database Monitoring-Overview

View high-level, summary information about the workload and health of the database

Capabilities that require the ArcSight Database

Operations Management

Access Database Monitoring-Details

In the ArcSight SaaS environment, available only to the System Operations Administrator

View details about the health of the individual components of the distributed database system

Capabilities that require the ArcSight Database

Operations Management Manage Storage Groups

Create and manage storage groups

Common services

Operations Management

Manage Kafka

Available only in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Access Kafka Manager for Transformation Hub

Transformation Hub

Searches Execute Search

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

Common services

Searches Export Search Results

Export the search results in csv format

Common services

Searches Never Expire Search Results

Configure search results to never expire

Log Management and Compliance

Searches

Never Expire Session for Real-time Searches

Available only in the ArcSight SaaS environment

Configure the session for a real-time search to not expire while you are logged out

Real-time Threat Detection

Searches Manage Scheduled Searches

Create and manage scheduled searches

Common services

Searches Import / Export Search Queries

Import and export search queries

Log Management and Compliance

Searches Import / Export Search Criteria

Import and export search criteria

Log Management and Compliance

Searches

Perform Event Integrity Check

When Multi-tenancy is enabled, available only for a provider

Run an Event Integrity Check and view the results

Log Management and Compliance

Searches Manage Outlier Models and Scoring

Create and delete Outliers models

Build and pause the scoring processes

Log Management and Compliance

Searches Manage Lookup Lists

Add, configure, view, and delete lookup lists

Common services

Searches Manage Fieldsets

Create, edit, and delete fieldsets

Common services

Searches Manage Search Queries/Criteria

Create, clone, edit, delete,and view  all previously saved search queries and search criteria

View and clone all out-of-the-box search queries

Common services

Searches

Logger Data Migration

Execute a data migration from Logger into the ArcSight Database

Common services

SOAR Configuration Manage SOAR Playbooks Allows a user to view and update SOAR playbooks Common services
SOAR Configuration Manage SOAR Integrations Allows a user to view and update SOAR integrations and related configurations Common services
SOAR Configuration Monitor SOAR System Allows a user to view SOAR status pages and pending items in queues Common services
SOAR Configuration Configure SOAR Parameters Allows a user to view and update SOAR configurations Common services