About App Roles

The App Roles configuration allows you to create application roles with required permissions and apply the role to application users and groups.

From the App Designer (Settings > Applications > App Designer), click the App Roles option (under General) to open the configuration:

eCASE application interface highlighting the App Roles section for user management.

The Manage app roles screen is shown below:

Manage app roles interface showing options for creating and editing roles and permissions.

Ref	Option	Description
A	App Roles List	All existing App Roles are listed here. You can use the (I) Filtering options to narrow down the listed roles. This list includes the following details: Name: The name of the role Description: A brief description of the role Scope: The scope of the role (Folder, Case Type, or Application; see below for more details on each scope type) Permissions: Permissions granted to the role
B	New	Create a new App Role
C	Edit	Edit a selected App Role from the App Roles List
D	Manage Users/Groups	Grant roles to various users/groups
E	Permissions	Manage the permissions granted with the selected App Role
F	Dashboard	Manage the dashboards available to a selected App Role
G	Delete	Delete a selected App Role
H	Show System Roles	Click to show System-generated roles. These cannot be edited or deleted, however Permissions can be viewed and managed for these system-generated roles:
I	Filtering	Use the Case Types and Scope dropdown lists to filter the (A) App Roles listed below.

These options are described in the following sections in this chapter.