The Dashboard adheres to a JSP standard and is designed to be personalized. It offers many portlet options, including those that leverage Operations Center data as well as other third-party portlets offering various types of functionality. As an administrator, you can grant or restrict access to each portlet.
To restrict the use of a portlet based on user roles:
Click Welcome and select Control Panel.
Under Portal, select Plugins Configuration.
By default, all portlets have the role Users listed, which allows all users access to the portlet. Restrict or grant access on a limited basis to the portlet by performing one of the following steps:
Click the link for the desired portlet.
To make the portlet unavailable to all users, deselect the Active check box.
To grant access based on specific roles, specify the role names in the area provided. Users assigned to the roles listed can add the portlet to their Web pages.
Click Save.
Click the Back link to exit the Control Panel.
While not a best practice, permissions can be configured for a specific instance of a portlet. For instructions, see Section 11.2.2, Assigning Individual Permissions to a Portlet.