Managing Roles

This topic provides a brief overview about Roles.

Roles determine the access privileges and activities a user can perform in an organization. They facilitate users to have a set of permissions by means of which only they can perform specific tasks. This in turn is based on the Access Control List (ACL) settings on that role.

You can manage roles through the following tasks:

• Creating a New Role
• Deleting Roles
• Assigning Sub-Roles
• Revoking Sub-Roles
• Assigning Tasks to Roles
• Revoking Tasks from Roles
  
  Note: It is recommended not to use the same role for administration activities and application development. Always create users with application-specific roles. This customization prevents security leaks.
  For example, do not use the System Admin role for developing or accessing applications as this role is generally meant for administration activities such as installing an application.