Difference between revisions of "Copy an Existing Role"
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Revision as of 18:21, 3 June 2014
Existing roles and their assigned permissions can be copied to a different role name. After the role and its permissions are copied, you can change the role as needed.
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You can use the predefined IMSMA roles as templates for creating new roles. To do this, copy the predefined IMSMA role under a new name using the steps described below. |
To copy an existing role:
- From the Accounts menu, select Roles.
- The Role List window displays.
- From the Role List window, click the name of the role you would like to copy.
- Click the
button.
- The Role Editor window displays the permissions assigned to the selected role.
- Click the Save As button.
- The Save Role As window displays.
- In the Save Role As window, enter the name for the new role in the New Role Name field.
- Do one of the following:
- To make a copy of the role, click OK.
- If the role is successfully copied, the Role Permissions window displays the name of the role you entered in step 5 in the Role field.
- To cancel the copy role action, click Cancel.
- Change the information as needed.
- Click the Save button.