Organization authority enables you to specify security access for users at an organizational level when their position requires them to oversee all of the projects or resources within one or more organizations. Organization authority can provide access to all projects, all resources, all forecasting, or all utilization information for the specified organization, depending upon the type of organization authority you choose.
You must specify each organization for which a user has organization authority and then specify what type of authority the user gets for those organizations.
Note: Organization authority does not acknowledge organizational hierarchies. For example, if a user has resource authority over a top organization, then the user does not automatically have resource authority for all organizations subordinate to the top organization. You must specify each organization for which a user has resource authority.
The following table lists describes the four available types of organization authority and describes the information access they provide:
| Authority Type | Access |
|---|---|
| Project Authority | Enables a user to perform all functions on all projects in the organization. By default, the function security menu for Project Authority is the same as the function security menu for the Project Manager role. Your implementation team can update the Project Authority menu according to the needs of your enterprise. The difference between Project Authority and the Project Manager role is that the project manager must be assigned to a role on each project within the organization. Project Authority can be assigned to a user just once to cover all projects within an organization. |
| Resource Authority | Provides security access that is similar to the access provided by the Resource Manager role. Enables a user to perform tasks, such as nominate candidates, create and approve candidates, and view resource utilization for all resources throughout the entire organization. |
| Utilization Authority | Enables a user to calculate and view utilization for all of the resources in the organization. |
Each organization authority is associated with a predefined menu. When you grant a user any type of organization authority, you are giving that user the function security associated with that menu for the specified organization. Organization authority is essentially role-based security at the organization level.
For more information about defining authorities and primary contacts, see Organizational Authority: Oracle Projects Implementation Guide.
To access multiple operating units without switching responsibilities, you need to define a security profile and assign it to MO: Security Profile profile option.This security profile is defined at the responsibility level.
For more information about providing multiple organization access, see Providing Multiple Organization Access.