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Figure 4-1. Data Director Organization Structure
organization organization
database database
database group database group
system
Organization names must be unique within Data Director. Organizations cannot be nested.
Organization roles, policies, and templates apply only within that organization. Resources allocated to an
organization are reserved for that organization and cannot be shared among multiple organizations, whether
in Global or By Organization mode. This restriction enhances security and ensures resource isolation among
organizations.
See Chapter 2, “Managing Data Director Resources,” on page 15 for details about resource management in
Data Director.
Operating Organizations
Organization operations include system-level tasks such as creating and assigning resources to organizations,
and organization-level tasks such as managing organization users, defining and granting roles, and creating
database groups.
System administrators perform system-level organization tasks such as the following.
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Create an organization. See “Create an Organization,” on page 38.
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View all organizations within Data Director
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Create organization administrators
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Allocate resources to organizations
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Revoke resource bundles from existing organizations
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Implement user authorization and authentication rules (security policies)
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Edit organization properties such as the organization name and description
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Delete disabled organizations
By default, system administrators cannot access organizations. Organization administrators can grant access
to system administrators by modifying a security setting for their organization.
Organization administrators perform organization-level, day-to-day tasks such as the following.
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Manage organization users, roles, privileges, and permissions
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Create other organization administrators
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Grant access to the organization to existing users
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Allocate organization resources to database groups
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