Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Cloud Service Automation4.90

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Functions

Use the initial dashboard view to navigate to the area of the Cloud Service Management Console where you can complete your tasks.

To navigate to and from views in CSA:

Click Cloud Service Automation in the title bar to return to the dashboard.

Click the grid icon in the title bar to directly launch a certain application from My Applications in the Cloud Service Management Console. The list of applications will be customized, based on your role and permission.

Depending on your role, the following functional areas are available to you:

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Administration	Administrator Consumer Service Administrator Consumer Organization Administrator	Customize an organization Customize the Marketplace Portal Customize widgets for the Marketplace Portal Configure LDAP for an organization Configure membership to predefined roles Configure the mail server used to send email notifications and some email source settings Configure operational settings for your organization View the catalogs associated with an organization

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Administration

Administrator

Consumer Service Administrator

Consumer Organization Administrator

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Providers	Administrator Resource Supply Manager	View, create, or edit a provider Associate or dissociate providers with an environment View or edit properties of a provider Associate or dissociate resource offerings with a provider Associate or dissociate environments with a provider Manage custom provider properties Manage provider types Manage environments Manage resource pools

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Providers

Administrator

Resource Supply Manager

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Service Design	Administrator Service Designer	Sequenced Designs View, create, edit, copy, import, export, or delete: Components Component palettes Resource offerings Service designs Topology Designs View, edit, copy, import, export, publish, test or delete: Service designs Components Palettes

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Service Design

Administrator

Service Designer

Sequenced Designs

View, create, edit, copy, import, export, or delete:

Topology Designs

View, edit, copy, import, export, publish, test or delete:

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Offerings	Administrator Service Business Manager	Create service offerings Modify service offerings Import service offerings Export service offerings View or delete service offerings Configure options for service offerings Configure pricing for service offerings Associate sections and screenshots with service offerings Create new versions of service offerings Publish and unpublish service offerings

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Offerings

Administrator

Service Business Manager

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Catalog	Administrator Service Business Manager	Customize a catalog Configure who can access a catalog Add or edit an approval policy Create, edit, or delete categories View service offerings by category, publish or unpublish service offerings to a category, or edit the approval process or policy for a service offering View or select an environment for a catalog

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Catalog

Administrator

Service Business Manager

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Operations	Administrator Service Operations Manager	View user subscriptions for an organization View subscriptions for a user Transfer subscriptions Cancel subscriptions View topology for a subscription View providers for a subscription

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Operations

Administrator

Service Operations Manager

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Content Store	Administrator Content Manager	Search for content capsules from ITOM Marketplace Install an existing capsule Install a capsule from a file Update a capsule

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Content Store

Administrator

Content Manager

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Cloud Analytics	Administrator Resource Supply Manager Service Business Manager	If integration is configured, a place to view scorecards and dashboards so that Resource Supply Managers and Service Business Managers have insight into how to measure and optimize the cost, risk, quality and value of IT services and processes. Integrate with HPE IT Business Analytics Launch a report that measures the cost and usage of resource providers in CSA Launch a report that measures the revenue, cost, and profit margin for business services in CSA View a showback report for an organization or for a consumer user

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Cloud Analytics

Administrator

Resource Supply Manager

Service Business Manager

If integration is configured, a place to view scorecards and dashboards so that Resource Supply Managers and Service Business Managers have insight into how to measure and optimize the cost, risk, quality and value of IT services and processes.

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Workflow Designer	Administrator Workflow Author	Integrate with OO Designer

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Workflow Designer

Administrator

Workflow Author

Integrate with OO Designer

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Cloud Optimizer	Administrator Service Business Manager Service Designer	Integrate with Cloud Optimizer

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Cloud Optimizer

Administrator

Service Business Manager

Service Designer

Integrate with Cloud Optimizer

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Settings	Administrator	Configure Content Store Settings

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Marketplace	Consumer Service Administrator Service Consumer	The Marketplace Portal is a self-service web interface that retrieves service offerings for IT applications from the CSA server and displays them in an intuitive view.

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Marketplace

Consumer Service Administrator

Service Consumer

The Marketplace Portal is a self-service web interface that retrieves service offerings for IT applications from the CSA server and displays them in an intuitive view.

Functional Area	Role	Major Tasks
Custom	Administrator Consumer Service Administrator Resource Supply Manager Service Business Manager Service Designer Service Operations Manager	Optional area for accessing customized content. If enabled, displays content that is customized for this instance of the Cloud Service Management Console (for information on how to enable this area, see the Cloud Service Automation Configuration Guide.

Functional Area

Role

Major Tasks

Custom

Administrator

Consumer Service Administrator

Resource Supply Manager

Service Business Manager

Service Designer

Service Operations Manager

Optional area for accessing customized content.

If enabled, displays content that is customized for this instance of the Cloud Service Management Console (for information on how to enable this area, see the Cloud Service Automation Configuration Guide.

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