Managing security roles
A security role defines the actions that a user can perform on accessible data.
The Security role management page allows the administrator to create, modify, or delete a security role. Clicking Actions provides the following choices:
*Refresh
Choose Refresh to update the list of roles. Any changes that another administrator made to the roles available are displayed.
*New
Choose New to define a new role. In New role, type the role name and a description, and select the functionalities to grant to the role. In Functionalities, select the triangle to expand a functional category. Select the higher-level category to include all elements, or select individual elements in the category list to configure a more restricted subset of privileges, as shown in Figure 1‑7.
Figure 1‑7 Creating a role
Choose OK. The new role appears in the list of security roles.
*Modify
In the list of roles, select a role. Then, click Actions and choose Modify to change the settings specified for the role. In Updating role, update the role name or description, select any additional functionalities or privileges to grant to the role, or remove a functionalities selection to remove from the role. For example, after upgrading a license to support a new plug-in, such as Campaign Workflow (Cworkflow), enable the module by assigning the functionality to a security role.
Choose OK.
*Create As
In the list of roles, select a role. Then, click Actions and choose Create As to define a new role containing the settings specified for the selected role. Create As copies the functionalities for the selected role to the new role definition. In Create As, type the role name and a description. Then, select any additional functionalities to grant to the new role. Deselect functionalities to remove from the new role.
Choose OK. The new role appears in the list of security roles.
*Delete
In the list of roles, select a role. Then, click Actions and choose Delete to remove a role. In Deleting role, the name, description, and list of functionalities appears.
Choose OK. A prompt appears. Choose Yes to confirm deleting the role.