How do I set up user roles?

Click ‘Add’ at the top of the page and give the role a name. You can also copy all the settings from a previously created role, therefore, you only need to amend a couple of permissions if need be.

To set up the menu access for the new role, click on the cog under the ‘Menu access’ header. There will be a list of every menu item and sub menu item available and each menu item will have a tick box next to. Tick each box that is required and click ‘Save’ and the top of the page.

To set up the permissions for the new role, click on the cog under the ‘Permissions’ header. There will be a list of all the permissions available, which are grouped by each of the system modules, with a tick box next to it. Each permission has a brief description next to it to make it clear as to what the permission does. Tick each box that is required and click ‘Save’ at the top of the page.

Next to the menu access and permissions header is the ‘Users’ and ‘[view audit]’ buttons. Clicking on the user’s icon will produce a pop up will all users created that have this user role. If there are no users with this user role, the icon won’t appear, however, you will notice a small red cross in the box next to it. This icon will allow you to delete a user role but can only be done when there are no users assigned to it. To assign users to a role, see the ‘Creating new users’ section of this document.

Clicking the ‘[audit trail]’ button will produce a pop up with a log of who, when and what changes have been made to this role.

In the top right-hand corner of the page, there are two buttons; ‘Menu access’ and ‘Group access’. Clicking on either of these buttons will present you with a table of all menu items and permissions (respectively) and the user roles created.