Roles govern the user access to commands and data. Users perform different roles in different configurations (different plants or projects).
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Roles determine the user’s level of access in the system (based on related message access groups).
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Roles determine the domains accessed (queried) by a user.
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Roles determine the access to different data, based on owning groups configured on the role.
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Roles determine the access to different data, based on domains configured on the role.
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Role assignments are configured by a dedicated GUI. For more information, see Create and manage role assignments.
You can also manage role assignments in the Web Client, see Manage user role assignments.
To configure roles, you need to log on to the Desktop Client as a system administrator.