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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Manage users and roles
  4. Permissions tab
  5. Roles page
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Roles page

The Roles page lets you add, manage, and assign roles, allowing you control permissions and access across your tenant.

On the Roles page, you can perform the following actions:

Table:

Actions

Description

To see existing roles and their permissions.

 

To start the role creation process.

Click New Role.

To search for a specific role.

Enter the name of the role in the Filter by name field.

To manage role.

Click within the row of the role and can perform the following actions:

  • View the details of the role.

  • Click Copy to duplicate the existing role.

  • Click Delete to remove the role.

A role is a collection of permissions that can be assigned to a user or a group of users. You can use the following procedure to add roles.

To add roles

  1. Access the Administration portal.
  2. Click Administration.
  3. On the left, expand Permissions and click Roles.
  4. Click New Role.
  5. On the New Role page, do the following:
    • Enter a name for the role.

    • Click Manage permissions.

    • On the Manage permission page, select the required permission, and then click Assign. See Permissions tab.

    • Click + Assign permissions.

    • On the Assign permissions page, select the required Discovery case from the dropdown list, and provide the required permission on the selected case and click Assign.

    • Click Save.

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