Roles

About Roles

Roles define the permissions users have in the platform and make it easy for administrators to manage user ‘rights’ and security controls.

A Role is a set of permissions that can be assigned to users and determines what users can do in the platform. Roles are part of the Logiqc Role Based Access Control architecture.

Roles can be used to regulate access to your platform based on the roles of individual users within your organisation. Users are assigned one or more roles, and through those role assignments acquire the permissions needed to perform particular system functions.

Roles also make it easier to add or remove permissions for a number of users as you only need to update the permission at the role level and not for each individual user who has been assigned that permission.

Role based permissions are 'additive'. This means that the permissions granted to any individual user is a sum of all the permissions within the roles to which the user belongs.


Suggested user roles

Suggested role name Required licence
Reporter Read and report
Action officer Action
Builder Action
Manager Approval
Approver Approval
Super user Approval
Full user rights Approval

 Suggested admin roles

Suggested role name Minimum licence required
Administrator Action
Super administrator Approval

Suggested external user roles

Suggested role name Minimum licence required
External auditor External user
External administrator (only for non-users such as 3rd party IT support staff who need access to your platform  External user

Note: Permissions assigned to a user via their role can also be adjusted (eg. denied) directly in the user's account. This allows for micro adjustments to be made without having to create separate roles for every variation of permissions needed.

Learn more about Working with roles