How can I manage groups in Student Self-Service?

Administrators with Manage Self Service Permissions access can manage groups in the Roles Management section of the Settings interface.

You can control what type of access a group of users have, and to which specific permissions and roles they have access to. This lets your users to have one access point to all production and test environments for the Financial Aid Administration user interface and Student/Parent Self-Service portal. This centralized approach provides enhanced security and simplifies the enforcement of credentials for your end users.

Add a Group

1. Navigate to Settings > Role Permissions.
2. Click Add Group under the Details tab.
3. Provide a name for the group.
4. Provide a brief description of the group of its purpose.
5. Click Save.

The Groups section displays all groups defined across all your Student Financial Aid (SFA) environments (Test vs Production) and SFA applications (Administration user interface and Self-Service portal).

After a group is created, you can’t delete it from an SFA application. You will need to do this from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (OCI IAM) integration only.

Assign Groups to Roles

You can assign roles to multiple groups. Also, you can assign groups to multiple roles. Users in a group with multiple roles get all the permissions from each role combined.

If you are trying to log in, but you are part of a different group or environment than expected, you will see an error message. To avoid this, it's a good practice to name your groups clearly, including information about the environment and application they are related to.