Add security roles and settings

Applies to User roles: System Administrator

To create a security role and assign rights and settings, follow these steps:

  1. Click System Administration > Security > Roles.
  2. Click New. The Security Role form opens.
  3. Type the security role name in the Name field.
  4. Type the security role description in the Description field.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Select the security area.

    The Security Rights and Settings form opens.

  7. Under Rights, select the rights to be assigned to the security role. For example, set Expert rights for the security role. The Expert security right enables the operator to view alert log, opened tasks, affected services, and clocks of change request. It also enables you to set reminders, send notifications, create hot news, and associate change request to changes, incidents, interactions, requests, and know errors.
  8. Under Settings, add required settings.
  9. Under Folders, add folder permissions to the security role.

The out-of-box security folders available in Service Manager are DEFAULT and advantage. You can also create security folders to meet your business needs. By default, all security folders are assigned to a new security role created. Once a role is created and rights are configured, you can modify the security rights for a role within an area.

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