Manage roles

Since version 4 LimeSurvey has an inbuilt role system for global permissions.

A role is a template for a user permission, that is applied to the user instead of his own set permissions.

Basic overview

To see the role management check the configuration and click on Create/edit roles

You will see an overview of the currently available roles and a possibility to 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.

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!