Topics

  1. General
  2. See all users roles
  3. Change a user's role(s)
  4. Create a new role
  5. Edit a role's name 
  6. See/edit a single role’s permissions
  7. See/edit all roles’ permissions 

General ↑

  • Site wide access control is based upon role based access controls. Users can have multiple roles, and their permissions will be cumulative. Fine grained policy based access controls are on the development roadmap.
  • Current roles:
    1. Anonymous user (no account)
    2. Authenticated user (with account)
    3. Publication creator - can create new publication
    4. Publication manager - can view, edit, delete any publication in any state (draft, review, published, archived)
    5. Group manager
    6. Editor - can review and publish publications
    7. App creator
    8. App manager
    9. System creator
    10. System manager
    11. Site manager
    12. Administrator (Has all site wide privileges)
  • Only administrator can view and set users roles

All of the following tasks currently require Administrator role

See all users roles ↑

  • Click on "People"  (top, right of center)

Change a user's role(s) ↑

  1. “People”
  2. Find the user in the table
  3. Click on “Edit” (last column)
  4. Goto “Roles” section (about half way)
  5. Check/uncheck as desired and click on “Save” at the bottom

Create a new role ↑

  1. “People” -> “Roles” -> “Add role”
  2. Add the role’s name
  3. “Save”

Edit a role's name ↑

  1. “People” -> “Roles”
  2. Find the role in the table -> “Edit”
  3. Make your change
  4. “Save”

See/edit a single role’s permissions ↑

  1. “People” -> “Roles”
  2. Find the role in the table
  3. In the “Operations” column dropdown menu, choose “Edit permissions”
  4. If desired, make changes and click “Save” at the bottom

See/edit all roles’ permissions ↑

  1. “People” -> “Permissions"
  2. If desired, make changes and click “Save” at the bottom