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Roles and Permissions

Add a role

  1. On the VNCdirectory homepage, click Directory.
  2. In the left navigation bar, click Roles and permissions.
  3. At the top, click New role.
  4. Give the role a name.
  5. Check the box next to the Issues can be assigned to this role if you want that issues can be assigned to members with this role on a project.

  6. From the Issues visibility dropdown menu, select one of the following options:

    • All issues. The user can see all issues.
    • All non private issues. The user can see all issues which are not marked as private and private issues that were created by or assigned to them. This is the default.
    • Issues created by or assigned to the user. The user can only see issues created by or assigned to them.

  7. From the Times log visibility dropdown menu, select one of the following options:

    • All time entries. The user can see all time logs. This is the default.
    • Time entries created by the user. The user can only see time logs created by or assigned to them.

  8. From the Users visibility dropdown menu, select one of the following options:

    • All active users. The user can see all active users. This is the default.
    • Members of visible projects. The user can only see users who are members of visible projects.

  9. Under the Permissions section, define the role's permissions by checking/ unchecking the different actions.

  10. Click CREATE.

You should see the notification stating "Successful creation".

Delete a role

  1. On the VNCdirectory homepage, click Directory.
  2. In the left navigation bar, click Roles and permissions.
  3. Click the trash bin icon next to the role you want to delete.
  4. When prompted, click OK confirming that you want to delete the role.

Edit a role data

  1. On the VNCdirectory homepage, click Directory.
  2. In the left navigation bar, click Roles and permissions.
  3. Click a required role.
  4. Edit its data.
  5. Click SAVE.

Edit the permissions report

  1. On the VNCdirectory homepage, click Directory.
  2. In the left navigation bar, click Roles and permissions.
  3. At the top, click Permissions report.
  4. Edit the report.
  5. Click SAVE.