# Security Settings

The Security Settings page lets Portal Administrators control the data that users can access in Analytics reports. On this page you can:

- Add and remove roles.
  For instructions on creating and adding roles, see Adding Roles.
- Launch the Edit Role window to make changes to the role.
  To launch the Edit Role window, click the name of the role that you want to change.

A user’s roles and capabilities are retrieved by Analytics when the user’s session is being established. If you make changes to a user’s roles or capabilities when that user is logged in, that user’s access to Analytics data does not change until they log off or their session expires.

Super Users Role

The Super Users role is delivered with Analytics and, by default, is added to Analytics Administration. The Super Users role grants the portal Administrators Group and Administrator user access to all capabilities and user properties.

Note: For new Analytics installations, you must run the User Property Sync Job before assigning user properties to the Super Users role. The User Property Sync Job exists within the Analytics subfolder of the Admin Objects directory.

Note: Removing the Super Users role permanently deletes it from the system. To add the Super Users role again, you must re-create it.

Adding Roles

To add a role:

1. Click Add.
   The Edit Role window appears.
2. In the Name box, type a name for the role.
3. Click Add.
   The Select Role Members dialog box appears.
4. Select one or more portal groups or users to add to the role.
   You can expand a group to view the users within that group.
5. Click OK.
   You are returned to the Edit Role window.
6. Select one or more capabilities to add to the role.
7. Select one or more user properties that you want to be available in the User Property drop-down list of each report.
8. Click Finish.
   You are returned to the Security Settings page.
9. Click Finish when you are done adding roles.

Related Topics:

- Runtime Settings
- Edit Role
- Partition Settings
- Event Registration

To display the page associated with this help topic:

1. Click Administration.
2. From the Select Utility drop-down list, click Analytics Administration.
3. Under Edit Object Settings on the left, click Security Settings.