Budget Manager Instance Accessibility

Overview about the accessibility of Budget Manager instances and how Managers can grant or revoke access.

Adding an Instance

Instances of Budget Manager can be added via Monitor > Manage Instances or Monitor > Manage Instances by:
  • users assigned to the AM Admin role.
  • users assigned to the Manager role.

Access to an instance of Budget Manager is restricted to the user who added it, with the exception of those users who are a Manager. Managers always have access to any instances of Budget Manager added to Control. When an instance is added by a non-Manager, it is considered to be "user managed".

When an instance of is added, any users who were added to AM via the command line are pulled into Control. Information about the users is available through Monitor > Users.

AM Users
Figure 1. AM Users

User Managed Budget Manager Instances

Managers can view instances of Budget Manager that were added by user who is not a Manager by viewing the user's details through Monitor > Users. Any instances of Budget Manager that were added by the user are displayed under User Managed Clusters.

User Managed Budget Manager Instances
Figure 2. User Managed Budget Manager Instances

Revoking Access to a User Managed Budget Manager Instance

Managers can choose to revoke access to a user managed instance of Budget Manager by editing the user's details and removing the Budget Manager instance.

Revoke Access to a User Managed Budget Manager Instance
Figure 3. Revoke Access to a User Managed Budget Manager Instance

Permit or Restrict Access to Budget Manager Instance

Once an instance of Budget Manager is added, a Manager can update a role to permit or restrict access to the Budget Manager instance for any users assigned to that role.

Permit or Restrict Access to an Instance of Budget Manager
Figure 4. Permit or Restrict Access to an Instance of Budget Manager

Removing an Instance of Control

Instances of Budget Manager can be deleted via Monitor > Manage Instances or Monitor > Manage Instances by:
  • users assigned to the Manager role.
  • any user who is assigned to an AM Admin role that has been granted access to the instance by a Manager or who added the instance of Budget Manager.

Budget Manager Instance Removal
Figure 5. Budget Manager Instance Removal
When the instance of Budget Manager is removed, the user who added the instance or users who were permitted access to the instance no longer have access to it.

AM users that were pulled into Control when the instance was added are not removed from Control.