Roles enable Administrators to specify the permissions and features available to users. Roles are accessed via Menu>Admin>Roles. From V5.3.2 there are now six standard roles shipped with each new installation of the product, these roles are:
- Administrator
- User Administrator [NEW for V5.3.2]
- System Designer
- Dashboard Designer
- Dashboard Viewer
- Restricted Viewer
Note: Upgraded systems will retain any roles previously present on that system.
The Administrator role has full administrator rights and is the only role where Role permissions and Admin Permissions are fixed and cannot be amended. It is possible to rename the role but it cannot be deleted.
Only the full Administrator user can actually maintain the different Roles.
Note: A new Role, User Administrator, has been created for V5.3.2 which allows for certain limited administrator functionality to be allocated to a user including:
- Create and maintain standard users (including password reset)
- Access to Groups
- Access to Licence management
Maintaining Roles
Roles are customised using the tick boxes to toggle access and features on or off for each role.
Changes to roles affect all users that have already been assigned the specific role in question.