Managing a roles in Liferay

A user type is assigned roles, and roles consist of different permissions.

The roles that are included in the installation are sufficient in many cases. But you may also want to create new roles that are tailored for your organisation. You create your own roles under Organization roles.

Creating a new role

1. Sign in to Liferay.
2. In the menu to the left, click Control Panel.
3. Under Users, click Roles.
4. Select the Organization roles tab.
5. Click the plus sign at the lower right of the screen.
   The New role window opens.
6. In Name type a name for the role. Title and Description are optional fields.
7. Click Save. You return to the list of roles.
8. Click Actions for your new role and select Define permissions.
9. Select permission area in the dropdown. Each area has sub-areas to select from.
10. Click Save when you have selected the permissions for an area.
11. Select more permission areas in the dropdown if you want to add more permissions to the role.

You have now created your new role with its permissions, and you can continue to assign users to this role.

Editing permissions for a role

Note:
You cannot edit permissions for the Organization Owner and Organization Administrator roles.

1. In the menu to the left, click Control Panel.
2. Under Users, click Roles.
3. Select the Organization roles tab.
4. In the context menu for the role that you want to edit, select Define permissions.
5. Make changes in the same way as when creating a new role.