Global and project roles
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Manage application permissions using global and project roles. Global roles restrict general application features, whereas project roles restrict project-level capabilities.
Global Role
A global role is a collection of permissions that govern access to application features. This page presents a list of all global roles, and allows you to create new roles. The roles appear as rows, with individual columns representing permissions. Permissions relevant to a global role are:
| Category | Permissionname |
| UserManagement | Manageusers&groups |
| Modifyownusersettings | |
| Administration | Deleteabusinessunit |
| Editallprojects | |
| Createabusinessunit | |
| Viewallbusinessunits | |
| Viewallprojects | |
| ManageRiskPolicies | |
| Integration | EditIssueTrackerConnections |
| EditVerificationConnections | |
| EditProjectConnections | |
| SyncwithallIssueTrackertools | |
| Tasks | Changealltaskstatus |
| Verifyalltasks | |
| Writenotesonalltasks | |
| ProjectManagement | DeleteProject |
| Editcustomreports | |
| Archiveapplication | |
| Addapplication | |
| Deleteapplication | |
| Addproject | |
| Customization | Customizecontent |
Default global roles
SD Elements ships with a default set of global roles:
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Administrator: An administrator can create new applications and projects, and view all the projects in their organization. They can also manage the users in their organization and customize the site content.
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Project Lead: A project lead has permission to create new applications and projects.
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Sync Service: A service role used by automation to perform integration syncs. Intended for future usage.
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User: A regular SD Elements user has permission to participate in projects.
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No Role: This role confers no permissions.
Change the default user global role
You can select a global role to assign to new users. By default this value is the restricted User role. You may want to give users more permissive roles, such as Project Lead, or a custom role.
| Users automatically provisioned through Single Sign-On (SSO), such as SAML and LDAP, are granted the default global role. New users access the system and are granted permissions automatically based on this role. |
Prerequisites:
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The user has the permission Global role→User Management→Manage users & groups.
Steps:
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Open the Manage→Global Roles page.
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Click the edit button on the top right. A dialog will appear.
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Select a global role.
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Click Done.
New users are assigned to the selected global role.
Project Role
This page presents a list of all project roles, and allows you to create new roles. Permissions tracked in project roles are:
| Category | Permission name |
|---|---|
Category |
Permission name |
Tasks |
Assign tasks to users |
Change task status |
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Verify tasks |
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Write notes on tasks |
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Integration |
Sync with Issue Tracker tools |
Project Management |
Edit project membership |
Create project specific task |
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Edit project details |
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Archive project |
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Lock project survey |
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View project |
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Edit project survey |
| Category | Permissionname |
| Tasks | Assigntaskstousers |
| Changetaskstatus | |
| Verifytasks | |
| Writenotesontasks | |
| Integration | SyncwithIssueTrackertools |
| ProjectManagement | Editprojectmembership |
| Createprojectspecifictask | |
| Editprojectdetails | |
| Archiveproject | |
| Lockprojectsurvey | |
| Viewproject | |
| Editprojectsurvey |
An administrator can create custom project roles based on any combination of the permissions above.
Default project roles
SD Elements ships with a default set of project roles:
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Read-Only: This user can view the project, but cannot make any changes.
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Normal: This user can view the project and change the project settings, change the status of tasks, and add notes.
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Manage Project: This user is the same as a normal user, with additional permissions to archive the project (close the project), change the project description, and add/remove/change users and their roles for the project.
Role fields
Global and project roles have the following fields:
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Name: This is the role name.
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Description: This is a short description of the role.
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Copy from: This copies the permissions from an existing role to get started, but is only valid for new roles.
Add or edit a role
You can create or edit custom global and project roles to match your access needs.
Prerequisites:
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The user has the permission Global role→User Management→Manage users & groups.
Steps:
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Depending on the type of role:
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Open the Manage→Global Roles page.
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Open the Manage→Project Roles page.
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Click the plus button on the right.
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Fill in the fields described above.
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Select all the permissions you want to include with your role.
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Click Create.
When a role is created it can be assigned to users or groups. Permission updates take effect immediately.
Delete a role
You can delete your custom global and project roles. However, you cannot delete the default roles because the application depends on them.
Prerequisites:
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The user has the permission Global role→User Management→Manage users & groups.
Steps:
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Depending on the type of role:
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Open the Manage→Global Roles.
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Open the Manage→Project Roles.
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Use search if you need to find the role.
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Hover your mouse over the row on the far right and select the trash can icon. A dialog will appear.
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Select a role to assign to any users/groups that are currently assigned to the role you are removing.
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Click Delete.
The role is deleted immediately. Affected users and groups are assigned to its replacement.