How to Use ACM with Minimal SQL Access Rights

Minimum Permissions to Perform ACM Database Updates:

The following instructions assume a DBA has created an empty database on the server, but the tables and objects in the database have not been created.

Create a login on the server level per corporate requirements.
On the “User Mapping” tab,
1. Check the checkbox next to the ACM database
2. Make sure the default schema is “dbo”.
3. Check the following roles in the “Database membership roles” box below the “Users Mapped to this login” label
  1. db_datareader
  2. db_datawriter
  3. public
Select the “Securables” tab
With the server highlighted, select the “Grant” checkbox next to “View server state”.
Click OK.
Refresh the “Security/Users” folder in the ACM database,
Right click the user you just created and choose “Properties”.
Select the “Securables” tab.
Add the “Control” permission for the ACM database:
1. Click the “Search” button
2. Choose the “Specific Types” option,
3. Click OK,
4. Search for Object types “Database”
5. Click the “Browse” button
6. Select the ACM database you are working with
7. Click “OK”. The database will show up in the “Securables” grid.
8. With the database securable selected, check the “Grant” checkbox next to “Control”.
Click OK

Minimum Permissions to run ACM Services

The following instructions assume the ACM database and all necessary objects exist. This user will be unable to perform database updates via ACM Monitor and unable to execute database updates during a new install or ACM Upgrade.

Create a login on the server level per corporate requirements.
On the “User Mapping” tab:
1. Check the checkbox next to the ACM database
2. Make sure the default schema is “dbo”.
3. Check the following roles in the “Database membership roles” box below the “Users Mapped to this login” label
  1. db_datareader
  2. db_datawriter
  3. public
Select the “Securables” tab.
With the server highlighted, select the “Grant” checkbox next to “View server state”.
Click OK.
Refresh the “Security/Users” folder in the ACM database,
Right click the user you just created and choose “Properties”.
Select the “Securables” tab.
Add the other ACM required permissions for the Bulk Manager and Archive Management processes:
1. Click the “Search” button
2. Choose the “Specific Types” option
3. Click OK
4. Search for Object types “Tables”
5. Click the “Browse” button
6. Select the following tables:
  1. EdgeEFMConfigurationErrors
  2. tblArchiveStaging
  3. tblCommStatsStaging
  4. tblDailySummary
  5. tblHourlySummary
  6. tblItemStaging
  7. tblPubStaging
7. Click “OK”
8. For each table, check the “Grant” checkbox next to the “Alter” permission.
9. Click OK.