A role is a group of users with common access rights to tables, reports, entities, properties, projects, basis codes, and database functions. You can add as many roles as your organization needs to establish database security. Before you add roles, you should determine the number of roles your organization needs based on how you want to restrict users' access rights.
Example
Your organization consists of five departments. You want to restrict access to certain entities in each department, so you would create five roles. Each role would have access to different entities.
Once you determine the roles your organization needs, the next step is to add the roles to MRI.
To create a new role, follow these steps:
1. Go to Roles.
2. In the Database field, select the database to contain the new role.
Note
If you only have access to one database, it is selected by default.
3. Click Add.
4. In the Create New Role dialog box, complete the following fields:
▪ Unique Role ID—Enter a unique name for the role limited to 20 characters.
▪ Role Description—Enter a description for the role limited to 40 characters.
5. Click Save.
6. Use the tabs in the right panel to specify the access options for the role.
7. Click Save.