Authorities and groups are deprecated in SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 and are replaced by role-based security. However, role-based security is backwards compatible with authorities and groups.
| Deprecated Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorities | Authorities have become user-defined roles. During the upgrade of an existing database to SAP Sybase IQ 16.0, each deprecated SAP Sybase IQ 15.x authority is replaced with an equivalent user-defined compatibility role, which contains an equivalent set of privileged tasks. |
| Groups | Groups have become user-extended roles. During the upgrade of an existing database to SAP Sybase IQ 16.0, each existing group in the database is replaced with an equivalent user extended role, using the same name. All members of the original group are automatically granted membership in the equivalent new role. Any authorities granted to the original group are automatically replaced with the equivalent compatibility role and granted to the new user-extended role. |