Retire a study role

Study roles can never be completely removed, but they can be retired. If a study role is no longer of use in your study, you can always retire it. Users who have previously been assigned the now retired study role will not lose their permissions. Retired study roles are simply made unavailable for new use.

This task can be performed by both a global user manager and a user administrator. You can retire a study role anytime you want, except for when it's a predefined read-only study role provided by Oracle.

Users who have been assigned a retired study role do not lose their permissions. Retired study roles are simply made unavailable for new assignment.

1. On the Home page, click the study settings button () on the study you want to edit, and select Open Settings.
2. Below the study name, click the Study Roles tab.
3. Search for the study role that you want to retire and select it.
4. Along the top, from the Manage Study Roles drop-down, select Retire.

   Tip:

   If you want to create a similar study role with one that you retired, you can always copy it. Select the retired study role, and from the Manage Study Role drop-down, select Copy.
   The icon of a retired study role is grayed out ().