Administration: Security: Roles

Application roles control the level of access a user has to information and services in WebCenter Portal. Application role assignment is the responsibility of the system administrator. Administrators can assign users a default application role or create additional, custom roles specific to their application deployment. Every application role has specific, defined capabilities known as permissions. These permissions allow users to perform specific actions in the Home portal.

To work with application roles or permissions:

1. From the Role drop-down, select a role to view its associated permissions.
2. Select or deselect Permissions check boxes to enable or disable permissions for the role.
   For the built-in roles, be cautious about changing permissions.
3. From the Role drop-down, select a role you want to delete, and click Delete. Click Delete again in the confirmation prompt.

   Note:

   The default application roles of Administrator, Public-User, and Authenticated-User cannot be deleted. The Application Specialist and Portal Creator roles can be deleted.

   The role is removed from the table. Any users that were assigned to this role assume the default Authenticated-User role.

4. To define a new role for WebCenter Portal users, click Create Role to open the Create Role dialog.
5. Click the Help icon in the Create Role dialog for assistance.