ALMA Cloud apps; can we enable this feature role-based
with lots of interest we have followed the Igelu presentations about ALMA Cloud Apps.
For now we have not enabled this feature though we would like to use it.
We do not want all our ALMA users to be able to use all these apps.
It looks as now the only choice is 'enable or disable'.
Is it possible to add Alma Cloud apps role based?
For example for our users who have a General Administrator role or to the meta data experts in our library?
Kind regards, Hiltje
Leiden University Library, The Netherlands
Hiltje de Vries
shared this idea
Now, in Alma, there are two new configuration options available for the cloud apps:
1. Institutions can now configure that cloud apps will be available for activation, only for users with the proper roles to operate it.
2. Institutions can now configure that cloud apps will be available only for users that were given the new role "Cloud App Operator".
For more information see Alma online help:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/050Configuring_General_Alma_Functions/Configuring_Cloud_Apps
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M. Yap
commented
Dear Uri,
Thanks for the update, we're very glad this is now a planned enhancement!
To react to your earlier question: the original poster (Hiltje) no longer works for us/in the library sector, so we cannot answer for her original intentions. But as her successors, our preference is also for both; so it is nice to see that both are planned.
- We would like to ensure that our users won't be able to perform actions through a Cloud App that are normally outside of their role profile/privileges. This way, even when users do use/need specific Cloud Apps, they would not automatically also have access to others that are outside of their work scope.
- We would also like to limit access to Cloud Apps in general for some users. Even though a user may have certain role privileges, that need not mean they are authorized to the level/type of editing that some Cloud Apps make possible, even if it is technically within scope for their user roles.Kind regards,
Melanie Yap
Leiden University Libraries -
Tania Hewes
commented
Note: I am not the person who proposed this
My preference would be Both
A user should have a role like CLOUD_APP_OPERATOR
AND
be able to install/use only cloud apps that they have the proper roles for operating -
Dear community,
Thanks for raising this idea.
I would like to better understand the requirement:
Do you want to limit users to be able to install/use only cloud apps that they have the proper roles for operating? Meaning - users will not be able to install/use a cloud app they do not have the required roles to operate it.
or
Do you want to allow the use of cloud apps only for users that you specifically choose (by giving them a dedicated role for that)? Meaning - users will be able to install/use cloud apps only if they were given a dedicated role for that (for example, a new role "CLOUD_APP_OPERATOR")?
or
Both?
or
Other?
I would be happy to hear your thoughts and clarifications.
Thanks,
Uri Beladev
Platform Product Management team -
Tania Hewes
commented
This is sorely needed. Some existing cloud apps enable data modifications that not everyone in an institution would ideally have access to.