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Roles

CAM user roles and the permissions to be associated to that role can be defined here. To access this screen, in CAM, go to the quick actions icon with 9 cubes, click on the Account Management, then once the page loads, click the Roles tab.

Account management shows the following tabs:

Required Permissions

Permissions Allows User To
Permission for viewing User Management Access the User Management Module
View Roles in User Management To view User Management>Roles tab (Hides the Roles tab)
Create Roles in User Management To create roles in User Management>Roles
Edit Roles in User Management To edit roles in User Management>Roles (Hides the Edit option)
Delete Roles in User Management To delete roles in User Management>Roles (Hides the Delete option)

Add Role

  1. Click the Add Role button.
  2. In the window for Add Role, type information in the provided fields, based on the table below, then click Save.
Field Description
Role Name Enter a name for the role
Description

A brief description for the role created through the dialog. This is a required field.

Permission

To assign a permission, select it from the Permission list below or type the permission name to filter and narrow down the list. Select the radio button against each permission to Allow, Deny or Ignore the permission for the role.

Options Description
Allow Allow access to user to perform the action.
Deny Deny access to user to perform the action
Ignore

Ignore the permission for the role. This permission will not be assigned to the role

Note:A user may be part of many groups and in case of an overlap of permissions between groups, Deny permission will supersede the Allow and Ignore permissions, similarly Allow will supersede the Ignore permission.

To select all permissions under each category, select the radio button under the header.

The list of information displays in the following columns:

Column Name Description
Name Role name as entered above
Description Description as entered above
Last Edited The last updated date and time
Actions

Click the icon to access the Action menu.

Edit -Select Edit to update the role details. In the Edit Role window, make the necessary changes and click Update.

Delete- Select to delete the role.

Read here for a complete list of the available permissions and detailed instructions to enable/disable permission for a user/group.

Add Security to roles

  1. Click Security in the Action column.
  2. In the Security window, click the Assign Role button
  3. Select the Group from the drop-down. To select a group, either click the drop-down menu and select from the list or manually enter the value, which will auto-complete if it is assigned in User Management>Groups.
  4. Select the Role from the drop-down. To select a group, either click the drop-down menu and select from the list or manually enter the value, which will auto-complete if it is assigned in User Management>Roles
  5. Click Assign