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Follow the instructions below to add a user role.

  1. Go to On the ConfigureMain tab in the management console and click , click Add under Users and Roles.
  2. Click Roles. This link is only visible to users with Security level permissions role. By default, the admin user has this permission enabled. See more information about permissions in the related topics.
  3. Click Add New Role. The following screen will open:
     
  4. Do the following:
    1. In the Domain list, specify the user store where you want to create this role. This list includes the primary user store and any other secondary user stores that are configured for your product. See the related topics for information on configuring user stores
    2. Enter a unique name for this role.
    3. Click Next.
  5. Select the permissions that you want users with this role to have. See more information about permissions in the related topics .
    Note that when you assign this role to a user, you can override the role's permissions and customize them for the user. 
  6. Select the existing users to whom this role should be assigned. You can also assign this role to users later, but if you are creating this role in an external user store that does not allow empty roles, you must assign it to at least one user. You can search for a user by name, or view all users by entering * in the search field.
  7. Click Finish.

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Note to writers: Add the following with links to the relevant documentation:

  • About RoleRole-Based Permissions: This section describes all the permissions that can be enabled for a role using the management console.
  • Configuring the System Administrator: This section describes how the system administrator user and role is set up and configured.
  • Configuring User Stores: This section explains how user stores (which are repositories storing information about Users and Roles) are set up and configured.