Connector Roles Management

Connector Roles Workflow

Connector Roles

Roles are assigned to manage connectors effectively:

Role	Responsibility
Connector Creator	Adds new connectors within the application. Requires system-configured role ovaledge.connector.creator.
Integration Admin	Edits connector settings, manages crawling, profiling, recrawling, reprofiling, and scheduling. Multiple author roles can be assigned.
Security & Governance Admin (SGA)	Manages metadata and data permissions on connector data assets. Grants various permissions to users and roles. Requires Author license and is editable only from the Security screen (Administration).

Connector Creator

To define the roles authorized to create new connectors in the system.

Configuration Steps

• Navigate to System Settings > Users & Roles.

• Locate the configuration key ovaledge.connector.creator.

• Assign a role with an Author license (e.g., OE_ADMIN) to this key.

  

Capabilities

• Users with the assigned role will see the “Add New Connector (+)” option enabled on the Connectors Page.

• These users can create multiple connectors.

• These users can assign one or more Integration Administrators during the connector setup process.

Admin Roles

Integration Administrator

Manages all technical configurations of a connector.

Scope of Responsibility

• Edit connector settings.

• Run Crawl and Profile operations.

• Perform re‑Crawl and re‑Profile tasks.

• Schedule Crawl/Profile jobs.

• Delete connectors, schemas, or individual data objects.

The Connector Creator can assign multiple Integration Administrators to each connector during connector creation.

Security & Governance Administrator (SGA)

Acts as the security and governance authority for a specific connector.

Capabilities

• Full access to both metadata and data permissions within the connector.

• Grants object-level access permissions to roles and users.

• Controls access policies for metadata and data elements across the connector.

Management

• SGAs are managed only from Common Administration > Security.

• Multiple SGAs can be assigned to a connector. Only security administrators can manage these assignments.

Governance Roles

Administrator or Connector Creator can assign governance roles, such as Steward, Custodian, Owner, and others, to data assets. Specific users or teams are selected for each role based on the data asset requirements.

To assign governance roles, administrators can use a drop-down list that shows all single users or teams from Security > Governance Roles.

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