Coverity Connect controls user (and user group) access to Coverity Policy Manager components through role-based permissions described in Global permissions. The username of all Coverity Policy Manager administrators and users must exist in a Coverity Connect user database. If not, you need to contact your Coverity Connect administrator.
By default, the Policy Manager User role allows you to log in and view Policy Manager The latter permission allows you to create and edit Coverity Policy Manager reports and heatmaps that you can share with other users. The default Hierarchy Administrator role allows you to log in, view Coverity Policy Manager, perform administrator-level configurations (which include creating Hierarchies and Summary Metrics), and use the Web services.
For details about additional role assignment options, see 5 in Editing a local or LDAP user. For detailed information about roles, see Roles and role-based access control.