IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps (AIOps) version 4.9.0 comes with new Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) that allow you to control who sees which alerts, and who sees which topology resources. This is done via restriction filters to control which alerts and topology resources users see, and redaction filters to control which topology resources attributes users see.

These are both accessed via the Administration → Profiles menu item, assuming you have the appropriate roles to access the Administration menu.

Normally this function becomes available if during the installation you toggled the Enable Group Profiles radio button to True.

But what if you forgot, or this system has been upgraded from a previous version? Thankfully, it can still be enabled in AIOps post-installation.

Log in to your OpenShift console and navigate to: Operators → Installed Operators → IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps → IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps tab → <your-instance> → Details:

After toggling this to True, wait some minutes, then log out and back in to AIOps. You should see the "Profile" menu option appear under the "Administration" menu.

Alternatively, edit the instance YAML file and amend the attribute: spec.groupProfiles.enabled to true (line 116 below) and save: