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Create Permission Role

Explanation Screenshot
Create Permission Role

In this tutorial, you will create

a permission role, assign
permissions to that role,
assign it to a permission
group, and test your
changes.

Use the Action Search and

type Manage Permission
Roles to navigate to the tool.

(1) Enter Manage

permission roles in the
Search box.

Create Permission Role

(2) Click .

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

You can see existing roles

as well as create a new role.

(3) Click .

Create Permission Role

(4) Enter IT Manager

Access in the Role
Namebox.

Create Permission Role

Open up the permissions

settings window.

(5) Click .

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

Navigate to the Employee

Data section to permission
view and edit rights for the
non-effective dated entites
and other fields of the
Employee File.

(6) Click Employee Data.

Create Permission Role

(7) Select the Social

Accounts Information
Viewcheck box.

Create Permission Role

(8) Select the Social

Accounts Information
Editcheck box.

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

Navigate to the Employee

Views section to permission
view rights of the People
Profile sections of the
Employee File.

(9) Click Employee Views.

Create Permission Role

(10) Select the Personal

Informationcheck box.

Create Permission Role

(11) Click .

The permissions have been

granted to this role.

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(12) Click .

To grant this permission role

to a population or group, you
must Add the granted
population.

Create Permission Role

Find the permission group

you want to grant this role to.

(13) Click .

Create Permission Role

(14) Select the Granted: IT

Manager Groupcheck box.

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(15) Click .

Create Permission Role

Select the target population

you want this permission
group to have permissions
for. Granting the permissions
for Everyone gives the
permission group the
selected permisisons for all
employees in the system.

(16) Select Everyone.

Create Permission Role

The permission role has

been granted to the
permission group.

(17) Click .

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(18) Click .

Create Permission Role

To check your permissions,

proxy as a member of the
permissioned group to test
the changes.

Click the Emily Clark button

to open a dropdown list.

(19) Click .

Create Permission Role

(20) Click .

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(21) Enter Tammy in the

Select Target Userbox.

Create Permission Role

(22) Click .

Create Permission Role

(23) Click .

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(24) Enter Robert in the

Searchbox.

Create Permission Role

(25) Click .

Create Permission Role

Permissions to view the

Personal Information section
was granted.

(26) Click Edit .

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(27) Click Domain .

Create Permission Role

(28) Click .

Create Permission Role

(29) Enter www.aol.com in

the URL box.

Create Permission Role

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Explanation Screenshot

(30) Enter rallen1 in the

Instant Messaging IDbox.

Create Permission Role

(31) Click .

Create Permission Role

You have successfully

created the permission role,
assigned permissions to that
role, assigned it to a
permission group, and
tested your changes.

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