Adding Roles to users

Use the Simulate Add Role for simulating the user's access changes for a resource (tables).

Before you begin

Role required: admin, access_analyzer_admin

Enable the take actions. For more information, see Configuring the Access Simulator (Take actions).

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Access Analyzer > Access Simulator.
2. Select Simulate from the Add a Role to the user section.
3. Specify the following fields for your simulation criteria:

   Table 1. Add a Role to the user

   Field	Description
   Select user *	Specify a user name to select from the list. In this example, Abel Tuter.
   Select role *	Specify a role to select from the list. In this example, itil_admin.
   Rule type *	Rule type is auto-populated and it can’t be changed.
   Select table *	Specify a table name to select from the list. In this example, Incident.
   Select record	Specify a record name to select from the list (Optional).
   Select field	Specify a field name to select from the list. This field can be used to analyze permission even at a field level. For example, Active, Created By, and so on.

   
4. Select Next.
5. Preview the changes.
   The roles that are newly assigned are simulated in the Preview changes. You can validate the roles and child roles that are being added to the user before moving to the next step.

   

   You can see the new roles that are being added as part of itil_admin role is displayed along with the existing roles of the user.

6. Select Next.
7. Validate the Present status and Simulated status to verify the access that is being Passed or Blocked to the simulated user.
   

   Adding the itil_admin enables the user to perform delete operation on the table (Incident).

   Note:

   • If you want to know more about the ACL (operations), select the operation links for each record.
   • If you want to start the simulation again for a different role, select Start over.
   • If you want to exit the simulation, select Exit.
8. Select Next.
9. Select Add and complete.
   

   Note:

   • If the Access Simulator isn’t enabled, you can't complete the simulation. To enable, select Enable actions and accept the legal information.
   • If you want to hide the simulation, select Hide actions. To unhide and enable actions, go to the settings. For more information, see Configuring the Access Simulator (Take actions).
   • If you want to exit the simulation, select Skip and Exit.

   The roles are successfully added to the user. You can verify the access using the Access Analyzer. For more information about how to verify the access of a user, see Access analyzer.