Introduction to Roles

Roles define the type of work that can be performed and the level of access to data in eLab. For example, a laboratory manager might perform administrative work and be a member of the administrator role. Roles are created and managed through the Roles wizard. The wizard is accessed by clicking the Roles button from the Administration group of the Home tab.

Figure 35.1. The Role wizard.

Each Role has the following core properties as well as associated module and data permissions :

Group. The name of the group that will use the role.
Name. The name of the role.
Comment. A comment attached to the role.

For example, a group may have a user that performs quality control work this can be accommodated for by creating a QC role for that group.

Associated with each role are permissions granting or denying access to modules and data in the system. For example, the Administrative group has access to the Role Wizard module while the Standard role does not.