General administration setup for BCM
If you are the BCM administrator, you can set up the Business Continuity Management application by performing certain administrative tasks.
General Administration module
The administrative tasks that are associated with the BCM application are listed in the General Administration module in the application UI as shown in the following example.
The Business Continuity Management administrator with the sn_bcm.admin role is responsible to perform the administrative tasks that are associated with the Business Continuity Management application.
- Configure the impact categories. For more information, see Configure an impact category for the business impact analysis.
- Configure the documentation sections. For more information, see Configure the documentation section for a business continuity plan.
- Configure the element definitions. For more information, see Configure an element definition for Business Continuity Management.
- Configure the loss scenarios. For more information, see Configure a loss scenario in your business continuity plan.
- Configure the impact ratings. For more information, see Configure an impact rating to assess the impact category.
- Configure the recovery tiers. For more information, see Configure a recovery tier for the business impact analysis.
- Configure the recovery timeframes. For more information, see Set up a recovery timeframe for a recovery tier.
- Configure the element variables. For more information, see Configure an element variable for an element definition.
- View the My tasks page configurations module. For more information, see My tasks page configurations.
- Configure the approval configurations. For more information, see Approval configuration.
- Configure the properties. For more information, see BCM properties.
- For more information on the grid configurations and categories, see Configure the grid for the BIA dependency assessment and Configure a grid category for the grid configuration.
BIA Configuration module
The BCM administrator configures the BIA templates in the BIA Configuration module. Configuring the BIA templates is a pre-requisite for performing the business impact analysis.
The BIA templates menu option in the BIA Configuration module is shown in the following example.
For more information on configuring a BIA template, see Configure a BIA template.
Plan Templates module
Typically, the Business Continuity Management administrator uses the Plan Templates module to configure a business continuity plan template. The Plan Templates
module is shown in the following example.
For more information on configuring a business continuity plan template, see Configuring the plan template for the business continuity plan.