Manage roles

Manage Roles

Since LimeSurvey version 4, users have had the ability to assign roles through the global permissions functionality.

As an administrator, you can assign roles directly to a user. The roles that a user is assigned to provides the permissions they need for their role.

Basic Overview

Managing users/user roles: Configuration > Users > Create/edit user roles

From here you can view a list of current roles, create, or import a role.

There are five buttons in the actions column assigned to all roles.

• The view button, identifiable by the magnifying glass icon, will give you an overview over all the users that are currently members of this role.
• Edit permissions, identidfied by the lock icon, opens the permission table. All permissions selected here will be applied to any member of the role
• Edit role, identified by the edit icon, opens the edit mask again, where name and description can be amended to need.
• Export role, identified by the download icon, lets you export a permission as an XML-File, to be imported into another instance as needed.
• Delete role, identified with the red trashbin icon, deletes the role, but shows a confimration modal first.

Add a New Role

To add a new role click on Add role in the top bar.

• Put in a name for the role.
  • It should be as short as possible, as this is the identifier used when applying to users
• Put in a Description
  • The description will be shown only on the overview page. Add a short description on what the role should be obliged to do.

ATTENTION! Both input fields are required and need to be filled!

• Last click on Save