Learn how to assign a role to a user temporarily. Use this feature if you have a user who needs to perform a one-time action that is normally outside their roles.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

Warning: Usage of Time-limited User Roles may consume access and use rights procured by customer and could result in additional subscription fees.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > > User Administration > Time-Limited Roles.
  2. Select New.
  3. Fill in the fields on the form.

    All fields except Comments are mandatory.

    Fields Description
    Active Determines if the time limited role assignment is active.
    Role The role assigned to the user
    User The user to be assigned the time limited role
    Start Time The start time and date for the time limited role
    End Time The end time and date for the time limited role
    Comments (Optional) Additional comments or information for the limited role assignment
  4. Select Submit.

Result

The specified user now has the role. They must complete their otherwise restricted task between the start time and the end time.

Note: Time-limited roles are not displayed to the assigned users.