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Pre-Configured System Authorities List

The pre-configured system authorities are used by Xpress Insight 5 as part user administration.

The following table lists the pre-configured system authorities and the actions that they allow the user to perform using the web client and the Insight 5 Admin page.

Note The authorities required to invoke a client API method directly are described in the client API javadoc.
Authority Capabilities Explanation Related Requirements
APP_ALL Grants the user implicit membership of the Xpress Insight Compute App. The user is automatically granted explicit membership of the app.  
DEVELOPER Enables the developer-only actions on the developer menu:
  • Troubleshooting
  • Activity Pane
  • Client-Server Performance Profiler
  • Server Event Log
  • Scenario Data Summary
  • Export Job**
  • Update Companion File
  • Update BIM File
  • Update Model Resources
  • Update Client
  • Resources
  • Regenerate Mirror Database
  • Clear Mirror Database
The SCENARIO_EXEC authority (listed in this table) is also required for the Export Job option.
DIRECT_DATA_VIEW Grants the user access to the entity explorer view. It is included in the AdvancedUser, Developer, and SystemAdministrator authority groups by default, and you can add it to the custom authority groups.  
SYS_USER Grants access to the user management functionality of the Xpress Insight 5 Admin interface. Allows the user to add a new user, edit existing users, edit the assignment of authority groups to a user, edit the assignment of authorities to an authority group, and grant and revoke membership of a user to an app.  
SYS_IMPORTEXPORT User can export the content of the repository and to import a previously exported repository.    
SYS_SERVER User can configure LDAP and view Logs.    
SYS_SERVICES User can add new optimization services. Allows the user to delete existing optimization services.

Allows the user to edit the connection string and capacity of existing optimization services.

Enables the administrator-only actions on the Admin menu: Optimization Services.