Assigning Permissions to Roles

Access the Roles - Permission Lists page (select PeopleTools, and then Security, and then Permissions and Roles, and then Roles and click the Permission Lists tab).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Roles - Permission Lists page.

To add new permission lists to a role, add more rows. Remember that a user's access is determined by the sum of all the permission lists applied to each role to which the user belongs. For instance, suppose you add permission list X and permission list Y to a role. Permission list X has a sign-on time of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and permission list Y has a sign-on time of 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. In this scenario, the users assigned to this role can sign in to the system from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Always be aware of the contents of each permission list before adding it to a role.

Field or Control	Description
View Definition	Click to open the permission list definition, where you can view the options in the permission to ascertain whether it is suitable for a particular role.