Editing user roles and permissions

Last published : Jun 07, 2026
You can change the permissions that are associated with any Arctera Surveillance role. If none of the predefined roles provide the exact set of permissions you want to assign to users, you can custom create new roles. You can rename them and change their descriptions. However, you cannot rename any predefined role. Arctera recommends creating new roles instead of altering any predefined role's permissions.
Note: You must have theManage Rolesand theGrant Users Accesspermissions to create roles. By default, users withApp User Adminrole have this permission.
To edit a user role and permissions
  1. In the left navigation pane, click Application.
  2. In the Roles tab, select a role to which you want to add or remove permissions, and then clickEdit Role.
The Edit Role dialog box appears.
  1. In the Name andDescription fields, type a unique name and an optional description for the role respectively.
    Note: The role name can contain up to 50 characters. The description can contain up to 250 characters.
  2. In the Scope field, do any of the following:
    • To allow the department-level permissions, select the Department option.
    • To allow the application-level permissions, select the Application option.
  3. Under the Permission section, in theAllow column, do the following:
    • Select the required associated permissions effective at the department level.
    • Unselect (clear) the permissions that are not required anymore to be associated with this role.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Re-log in the user who is assigned the role that had been edited.