{"id":171,"date":"2017-06-15T23:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T23:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2017-06-16T00:09:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T00:09:31","slug":"vrealize-automation-7-x-roles-demystifying-role-assignment-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"vRealize Automation 7.x roles &#8211; demystifying role assignment symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you are probably aware, vRealize Automation 7.x can be a bit cryptic with regards to information displayed in the GUI.<\/p>\n<p>One particular area that I found difficult to interpret was:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administration -&gt; Users &amp; Groups -&gt; Directory Users and Groups -&gt; Add roles to this User<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The roles were showing as a mixture of\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"21\" height=\"19\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hyphen.png\" alt=\"\" \/>,\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tick.png\" alt=\"\" \/>, and\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/empty.png\" alt=\"\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t find any documentation anywhere for this, so here it is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/empty.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0&#8211; Role not granted<\/li>\n<li data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tick.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0&#8211; Role explicitly granted in vRealize Automation GUI<\/li>\n<li data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"21\" height=\"19\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hyphen.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0&#8211; Role inherited from AD\/LDAP group membership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the following example we have inherited\u00a0<em>Application Architect<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Approval Administrator\u00a0<\/em>from Active Directory\/LDAP, explicitly granted\u00a0<em>Business Management Administrator<\/em> within the vRA GUI, and not granted the\u00a0<em>Business Management Controller<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Business Management Readonly User<\/em> roles:<\/p>\n<p data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"156\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/add_roles_to_this_user.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/add_roles_to_this_user.png 632w, http:\/\/kanecharles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/add_roles_to_this_user-e1497571675547-150x37.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for an upcoming post breaking down all of the permissions included in each vRA role as well as vRB roles!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you are probably aware, vRealize Automation 7.x can be a bit cryptic with regards to information displayed in the GUI. 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