User roles
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.. :index: User roles

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RIS provides seven predefined user roles to work with user management, project portfolio, resource pool and additional modules such as iCalendar.

- Super Administrator
- RIS Administrator
- Client Administrator 
- Project manager 
- Project user
- iCalendar user
- Timeline user

The user roles define rights for **Folder independent activities** such as user management, and working with portfolio and the resource pool.

In the menu item **Administration/User roles** you can observe and define, what activities with assigned user role are available.

**To work with Rillsoft Project is at least required access right to user roles**:

- Read resource pool

All possible actions can be distributed according to the following groups.

**User management**

- change client	 - change client
- client share - a link between a client and users

**Caution!** If a user has no access for a client, he cannot open and edit resource pools or projects of this client in Rillsoft Project.

- create user
- change user
- delete user
- change organization chart
- manage user rights
- assign personnel resources
- create roles
- change roles
- delete roles
- access rights for user roles
- access rights for directory roles
- manage licenses
- unlock license
- manage e-mail templates
- sent e-mail
- Redmine synchronization
- SAP synchronization
- LDAP synchronization

**Work with Portfolio**

- read portfolio
- create portfolio
- change portfolio
- delete portfolio
- create cross-project links
- change cross-project links
- delete cross-project links

**Manage Resource Pool**

- read resource pool
- change resource pool
- lock resource pool
- unlock resource pool
- enter vacation planning
- accept vacation planning

**Vacation planning**

- change vacation account
- enter vacation
- share vacation
- cancel vacation
- enter sick leave

**Work with additional modules iCalendar and Timeline**

- read user info
- read info of subordinate users
- read client info
- read project info
- read portfolio info

**New user roles**

You can create a separate user role by  

1. clicking on the button |image1|
2. entering a name for role and adding notes, if necessary.
3. clicking on **Save**.

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.. |image1| image:: ../images/id_user_role_new.png