Assigning Roles to Users and Groups 

Prerequisites

You have user administration rights in the portal.

Procedure

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      1.      Start the user-role assignment function, by choosing User Administration ® Roles.

      2.      Choose the user or group to which you wish to assign a role.

You can use the search function with the wild card '*' to find a user or group. You can also use the navigation buttons at the bottom of the list.

      3.      Choose Edit in the right hand column.

The screen in which you can assign roles to users or groups appears. On the left, you can see the attributes of the user or group if they have been maintained in the user data source. On the top right, you can see the roles that are already assigned to the user or group. On the bottom right, you can search for available roles.

      4.      If you want to assign one or more roles to the user or group, search for and select one or more roles in the list on the bottom right. Choose Add.

The role is added to the list of roles assigned to the user or group.

      5.      If you want to remove one or more roles from the user or group, select one or more roles in the list on the top right. Choose Remove.

The role is removed from the list of roles assigned to the user or group.

      6.      Choose Save.

To assign users and groups to roles, the procedure is the same as for assigning roles to users and groups except that you choose Edit for a role in the first screen. In the second screen, you choose the users and groups that you wish to assign to the role.

Result

You have assigned roles to a user or group.

When the user logs on, he or she will see the top-level navigation and portal pages defined in the roles assigned to him or her.