Before you can create new roles in the ATG Control Center, you may have to set up a role template by adding the profile properties that make up a role to the profile repository definition file. For information on how to do this, refer to Working with the Dynamo User Directory in the ATG Personalization Programming Guide.
In addition, it is important to consider the following information about role names before you start adding roles:
The names you give global roles must be unique within their folder. However, if you want to use global roles to define membership of a profile group (so that you can then use a person’s role as a basis for content targeting, for example), all global roles names must be unique within the profile repository.
The names you give organizational roles need to be unique only within their organization, even if you plan to use them to define a profile group.
For more information on using roles within a profile group or to perform content targeting, see Defining Profile Group Members.
To add a new role, complete the following steps:
In the list on the left, select the position where you want the new role to appear. For example, to create a global role in a specific folder, select that folder. If you are creating an organizational role, select the organization to which you want this role to apply. Note: To create an organizational role, you need to have created the corresponding organization already. See Adding a New Organization earlier in this chapter.
Click the New Role button. The New Item dialog box appears.
In the New Role Values area of this dialog box, specify values for this role’s profile properties. Properties with an asterisk are required. Other properties are optional.
For information on how to add new properties to the template for this role, refer to Working with the Dynamo User Directory in the ATG Personalization Programming Guide.
If the role’s properties include Direct Access Rights, you may be able to use roles to control user access to the pages of your Web site. For more information, see Using Roles for Access Control.
Click OK. The ATG Control Center adds the new role to the list.
Important: Organizational roles are not automatically assigned to the organizations under which you create them. You must assign them explicitly. See Assigning a Role for more information.
