Managing global roles
Predefined global roles
There are several predefined global roles:
| Global role name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Global Administrator | Producer | You have all capabilities associated with the global roles. This role is created by default on a new or migrated installation for the Administrators group to migrate properly. |
| Security Administrator | Producer | You manage users, user groups, external authentication and global and object role assignments on catalog assets. |
| Application Administrator | Producer | You manage the repository structure and its content. |
| API User | Producer | You have access to the REST API features. |
| Application Designer | Consumer | You can customize your own UI layout, create your personal worksheets and dashboards and share them with other users. |
| Worksheet Author | Consumer | You can create, edit and share your personal worksheets. |
| Collection Custodian | Consumer | You can create, edit and share your personal collections. |
You can customize these predefined global roles or create new global roles based on them.
Global roles and Producer/Consumer types
A Talend Data Catalog license provides Producer and Consumer user types. By default, all users are Consumer users.
If you are assigned to a role with capabilities associated with a Producer type such as Security Administrator, you are counted as a Producer on the license side.
If you are assigned to a role with capabilities associated with a Consumer type such as Application Designer, you are counted as a Consumer on the license side.