Creating access rights for data connections
You create security rules to give access rights to the data connections. Do the following:
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Open the QMC: https://<QPS server name>/qmc
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Select Data connections on the QMC start page or from the Start
drop-down menu to display the overview.
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Select the data connection that you want to create rules for and click Edit.
The data connection edit page opens.
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Select Security rules under Associated items.
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Click
Create associated rule in the action bar.
The Create security rule dialog opens.
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Edit the security rule for administrative access of the data connection:
- Edit the Identification properties:
Identification fields and values Field Value Name Enter the name of the data connection. Mandatory. Disabled Select to disable the rule. The rule is enabled by default. Description Enter a description for the rule. -
In the Advanced section, use the drop-down to specify the context to which the rule will apply.
- In the Basic section, select the conditions for the rule using the following operators:
Operator descriptions Operator Descriptions and examples = This operator is not case sensitive and returns True if the compared expressions are exactly equal.
Example:
user.name = ”a*”
The user named exactly a* is targeted by the rule.
like This operator is not case sensitive and returns True if the compared expressions are equal.
Example:
user.name like ”a*”
All users with names beginning with an a are targeted by the rule.
!= This operator is not case sensitive and returns True if the values in the compared expressions are not equal.
Example:
user.name != resource.name
All resources that do not have the same name as the user are targeted by the rule.
- Edit the Identification properties:
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Click Apply.
The dialog closes and the rule is added to the security rules overview.
Tip noteThe security rule results in a corresponding security rule in the Security rule overview page.
You have now created the access rights for the selected data connection.