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Table 4. Tenant Role Overview (Continued)
Role Description
Blueprint Architects Umbrella term for the individuals who are responsible for
creating blueprint components and assembling the blueprints
that define catalog items for consumers to request from the
service catalog. These roles are typically assigned to individuals
in the IT department, such as architects or analysts.
Catalog Administrator Creates and manages catalog services and manages the
placement of catalog items into services.
Approval Administrator Defines approval policies. These policies can be applied to
catalog requests through entitlements that a tenant administrator
or business group manager manage.
Approver Any user of vRealize Automation, for example, a line manager,
finance manager, or project manager, can be designated as an
approver as part of an approval policy.
Business Group Manager Manages one or more business groups. Typically a line
manager or project manager. Business group managers
entitlements for their groups in the service catalog. They can
request and manage items on behalf of users in their groups.
Support User A role in a business group. Support users can request and
manage catalog items on behalf of other members of their
groups. This role is typically an executive administrator or
department administrator.
Business User Any user in the system can be a consumer of IT services. Users
can request catalog items from the service catalog and manage
their provisioned resources.
Tenant Roles and Responsibilities in vRealize Automation
You can assign tenant roles to users in any tenant. The roles have responsibilities that are specific to that
tenant.
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