Manage the resource hierarchy in your BlueXP organization
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When you use BlueXP identity and access management (IAM) to associate a member with your organization, you provide permissions at the organization, folder, or project level. To ensure that those members have permissions to access the right resources, you'll need to manage the resource hierarchy of your organization by associating resources with specific projects and folders. A resource is a working environment that BlueXP already manages.
View the resources in your organization
To start managing your resource hierarchy, you should be aware of the resources that are associated with your organization.
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In the upper right of the BlueXP console, select
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Select Resources.
The resources associated with your organization display in the Resources table.
To find a specific resource, you can search and filter the contents of the table.
After you've found the resource that you're looking for, you can complete any of the following actions:
Find specific resources in your organization
If you have a large number of resources in your organization, you can use the search and filter options to find a specific resource.
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From the Resources page, select Advanced Search & Filtering.
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Use any of the available options to find the resource that you're looking for:
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Search by resource name: Enter a text string and select Add.
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Platform: Select one or more platforms, such as Amazon Web Services.
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Resources: Select one or more resources, such as Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
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Organization, folder, or project: Select the entire organization, a specific folder, or a specific project.
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Select Search.
The contents of the Resources table refreshes to show the resources that match your search and filter selections.
Associate a resource with folders and projects
If you want to make a resource available to another folder or project in your organization, then you'll need to create an association between the folder or project and the resource.
You should understand how resource association works. Learn about resources, including when to associate a resource with a folder.
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From the Resources page, navigate to a resource in the table, select
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Select a folder or project and then select Accept.
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To associate an additional folder or project, select Add folder or project and then select the folder or project.
Note that you can only select from the folders and projects for which you have admin permissions.
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Select Associate resources.
BlueXP associates the resource with the selected folders and projects.
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If you associated the resource with projects, members who have permissions for those projects now have the ability to access the resource in BlueXP.
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If you associated the resource with a folder, a Folder or project admin can now access the resource from within BlueXP IAM. Learn about associating a resource with a folder.
If the resource that you associated is discovered using a BlueXP Connector and you have other members in your organization, then you also need to associate the Connector with the project that the resource is now associated with. Otherwise, the Connector and it's associated resource aren't accessible from the BlueXP canvas by members who don't have the Organization admin role.
View the folders and projects associated with a resource
To identify where a resource is available in your organization's hierarchy, you can view the folders and projects that are associated with that resource.
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From the Resources page, navigate to a resource in the table, select
and then select View details.
BlueXP displays the folders and projects that are associated with the resource.
The following example shows a resource that is associated with one project.
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You can associate the resource with an additional project or folder.
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You can remove the resource from a specific folder or project.
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If you need to determine which organization members have access to the resource, you can view the members who have access to the folders and projects that are associated with the resource.
Remove a resource from a folder or project
To remove a resource from a folder or project, you need to remove the association between the folder or project and the resource. After you remove the association, organization members can no longer manage the resource from the folder or project.
If you want to remove a discovered resource from the entire organization, you need to remove the working environment from the BlueXP canvas.
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From the Resources page, navigate to a resource in the table, select
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For the folder or project for which you want to remove the resource, select
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Confirm that you want to remove the association by selecting Delete.
BlueXP removes the association. Members can no longer access the resource from that folder or project.