Configuring Identities

Setting up Identities in the Aras Product Engineering application is similar to building a company organization chart. The configuration process is as follows:

• Create a Group Identity for each top-level structural unit (department). For example, a company may have the following departments: Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Marketing.
• For each top-level Identity, create a hierarchy of Group Identities reflecting the structure. For example, Engineering may have Development, Support, and QA. Support may further consist of Customer Support, Documentation, and Training.
• Create Teams for Express Change Management.
• Create individual User Identities.
• Assign each of the User Identities to the appropriate Group Identities.
• Assign Identities involved in change management to Change Management Group Identities and Teams.
• Assign Identities responsible for managing Effectivity on Bill of Materials (BOM) to the Effectivity Management Identity.