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After creating a role, you can modify it by changing its name, description, and permissions as described in the following sections.

Editing roles

  • You can edit only custom (user-created) roles.
  • You must have the Security Manager role to edit custom roles.

Editing role details

In the Roles application, you can edit the name and description of a custom role as described below.


To edit role details


  1. Do one of the following actions:
    • In the content pane of the Roles application, select a role and when the Role pane opens, click the Edit button in the role details card.



    • In the content pane of the Roles application, click  next to a role name and select Edit role details.
  2. When the Edit role details pane opens, change role name and or description and click .


Changing role permissions

You can use the Roles application to add or remove permissions of a custom role. Note that a role must have at least one permission.


To add or remove permissions of a role


  1. Do one of the following actions:
    • In the content pane of the Roles application, select a role and when the Role pane opens, click the Change button in the role details card.
    • In the content pane of the Roles application, click  next to a role name and select Change permissions.
  2. When the Change permissions pane opens, select the permissions you want to assign to the role (as shown below) and/or clear the check-boxes next to the permissions you want to remove.



  3. Click  to save the changes.