Administrative Features

About Administrative Feature Access in APM Now

The Administrative User Help documentation contains information about features that are not available in APM Now. Only the features listed in this topic are available in APM Now.

Tip: For more information about the subset of administrative features to which the users associated with the MI APMNow Admin Security Role are granted access, refer to the Security Manager documentation.

Application Settings

  • Asset Criticality Analysis
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Rounds Designer

Configuration Manager

  • Family Management
    Note: You cannot create or delete families and family fields in APM Now.
  • System Codes and Tables
  • Units of Measure and Conversions
  • Import and Export
  • Content Validation
  • Sites

Operations Manager

  • Activate Licenses
  • APM Connect EAM Jobs
  • Asset Hierarchy Configuration
  • Connections
  • Data Sources
  • Host Names
  • Email Settings
  • GIS Configuration
  • Monitoring
  • Query Timeouts
  • Reference Document Server Credentials
  • Risk Matrix
  • Schedule Logs
  • Search Configuration
  • SQL Server Reporting Services
  • APM System Monitoring
  • Systems and Tags

Security Manager

  • Users
  • Groups
  • Roles
  • Password Policy
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • Data Permissions
  • User Defaults

About Access to Configuration Manager Features

You need a Developers license to perform the following functions:
  • Adding or deleting an Entity family on the Family Management page.
  • Adding an Entity family by using the Import tool.
  • Adding or deleting Fields via the Family Management page.
  • Adding family Fields by using the Import tool.
  • Adding, editing, or deleting Relationship families via the Family Management page.
  • Adding or editing Relationship families by using the Import tool.
  • Adding, editing, or deleting Relationship Definitions via Family Management page.
  • Adding or editing Relationship Definitions by using the Import tool.
  • Adding, editing, or deleting VB Rules by using Rules Editor.

The following table lists the permissions granted to the MI Configuration Role Security Group for accessing the various administrative features of Configuration Manager.

FeaturePermissionNotes
Security Group: MI Configuration Role
Entity FamilyAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
FieldsAdd, Edit, DeleteNone
Field BehaviorAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
Relationship FamilyAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
Relationship DefinitionsAdd, Edit, DeleteNone
DatasheetAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
State ConfigurationAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
Family Reports (Associate SSRS Reports)Add, Edit, or DeleteNone
Associated PagesAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
Family Policies Add, Edit, or DeleteNone
SitesAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
System Codes and TablesAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
Units of Measure and ConversionsAdd, Edit, or DeleteNone
Manage TranslationsNoneThere is no add, edit, or delete function that you can perform in this feature. However, if you are a part of this group, then you can perform all of the translation tasks.
Import NoneThere is no add, edit, or delete function that you can perform in this feature. However, you can import all metadata if you are part of this group.
Export NoneThere is no add, edit, or delete function that you can perform in this feature. However, you can export metadata if you are part of this group.
Content Change ManagementNoneThere is no add, edit, or delete function that you can perform in this feature.
Content ValidationNoneThere is no add, edit, or delete function that you can perform in this feature.