Add New (or edit) Role tab
This view creates and edit roles and provides access to one or more user types that are associated with this role.
Figure 133. Add New Role view
You access this view/tab from the main menu by selecting , followed by clicking the Add button (
).
You open this view to edit an existing role by selecting the role from the Role Manager view and clicking on the Hyperlink button (
).
The number of permissions available in this view is based on the role assigned to the current user. You can create new roles and assign only the permissions that your role allows you to read, write, and invoke.
| Property | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Role Name | text | Provides a name for the role |
| Enabled | true (default) or false |
true assigns the role automatically to user. false requires manual assignment.
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| Super User | check box | Assigns to the user all permissions (read, write, and invoke) for all available categories, overrides any selections in the Permissions Map and removes the Permissions Map from view. |
| Permissions map | table of option boxes | Enables and disables individual Read, Write, and Invoke permissions for a list of categories. Selecting a Write level permission automatically sets the corresponding Read level permission for that category. The categories in the table depend on the categories.xml, which you may edit to customize it for individual stations. The default Categories.xml file restores default categories. |