Role - Based Permissions

A Role is a set of permissions applied across users. If the permissions of the role are changed then the permissions of all users assigned to that role are also changed. When a user is assigned to a Role, the Edit Permissions button becomes disabled because the user is no longer able to have individual permissions.

To create a role click File > Administration > Roles tab.

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Click New > Enter admin as a  name for the Role > Click Add.

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The Edit Role Permissions tab is available to be checked > Click it to open the User Permissions screen.

For this example, I created an "Admin" role, checked the Administrator box, then clicked Save. (Adding permissions to roles is the same as adding permissions to regular users.)

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To assign a Role to a user go to the Tekla PowerFab Users tab in the Administration screen > Highlight a user that is not an admin (admin users cannot be given a role) > Select the newly created role in the Role pull-down > Click Save.

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If the permissions need to be adjusted for a user then you must do one or more of the following:

• Change the permissions for the selected role under the Roles tab. Remember, this will update the permissions for all users assigned to that role.
• Choose a different role for the user.
• Remove the Role input for the user and save the change. Then the Edit Permissions button will then be available so that you can modify permissions for the specific user that is now not in a role.