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Revision as of 13:01, 8 February 2014

Overview

The following roles are available out-of-box:

Role Name Description
explorer Provides the ability to create and modify views.
publisher Provides the ability to publish views.
scheduler Provides the ability to schedule views.
tenant_admin Provides the ability to manage users, and contains all other roles. Automatically provided to the first user that signs up for a new tenant.

Editing User Roles

Bring up the list of users by selecting "Users" from the "Admin" menu.

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You can then check the boxes for the roles you want to grant the user.

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To introduce a new role, simply type its name into Roles. Type a comma at the end of the list and add the name of the new role. Double quotes are optional. The next time you edit roles you'll see the new role in the drop-down.