During runtime, the ability to perform an operation on an activity depends, in part, on a participant's
roles and permissions. Two participants can have the same role, but different relations with it depending on
their permissions. For example, one participant in the Shipping Clerk role may have permissions to suspend and
abort activities, but not re-assign them. Another participant with that same role may have permission to
re-assign activities.
Granting permissions to perform an operation is done by the administrator. To grant permissions to a
user, the administrator follows these steps using Process Administrator:
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In the navigator pane, expand Organization, then selectParticipants.
The Participants window appears in the right pane. It lists the participants, their
organizational units, and their e-mail addresses, and indicates whether they are enabled.
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Click the link for the participant you want to specify privileges for.
The Edit Participant window appears in the right pane.
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In the Advanced Properties section, selectAssigned Roles.
The Assigned Roles window appears in the right pane. It lists the roles that have been
created for the process, and, in abbreviated form, the permissions associated with that role for
this user. It also tells you the user's level in the hierarchy, which, in turn, determines those
lower in the hierarchy to whom they can delegate tasks, or those higher to whom they can escalate
activities.
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Click the name of the role within which you want to specify privileges.
The Role Assignment window appears in the right pane.
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In the Properties section, in the Permissions row, select the permissions you want to grant to this
user.
See Role Permissions and Categories for more information.
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When you are finished, clickSave.