(Optional) Add a Role and Assign Permissions

Although NetWitness has preconfigured roles, you can add custom roles. For example, in addition to the preconfigured Analysts role you could add custom roles for AnalystsEurope and AnalystsAsia. For a detailed list of permissions, see Role Permissions.

Each of the following procedures starts on the Roles tab.

To navigate to the Roles tab:

  1. Go to netwitness_adminicon_25x22.png (Admin) > Security.
    The Security view is displayed with the Users tab open.
  2. Click the Roles tab.
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Add a Role and Assign Permissions

  1. In the Roles tab, click netwitness_icon_add.png in the toolbar.
  2. The Add Role dialog is displayed.
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  3. In the Role Info section, type the following information for the role:
  • Name
  • (Optional) Description
  1. In the Attributes section, enter the desired values for each attribute. For more information on attributes, see Verify Query and Session Attributes per Role.
  2. In the Permissions section:
  • Click netwitness_scroll_left_14x21.png and netwitness_scroll_right_13x21.png to scroll through the modules.
  • Select a module the role will access.
  • Select each permission the role will have.
  1. Repeat the previous step until you select all permissions to assign to the role.
  2. Click Save to add the new role, which is effective immediately. You can now assign the new role to users.

Change Permissions Assigned to a Role

  1. In the Roles tab, select the role and click netwitness_icon_edit.png.
    The Edit Role dialog is displayed.
  2. In the Permissions section:
  • Click netwitness_scroll_left_14x20.png and netwitness_scroll_right_14x20.png to scroll through the modules. Select a module to revise permissions for it. Select or deselect each permission.
  • Select a module to revise permissions for it.
  • Select or deselect each permission.
  1. Repeat the previous step until the role has the required permissions.
  2. Click Save. The revised permissions are effective immediately.

Duplicate a RoleDuplicate a Role

An efficient way to add a new role is to duplicate a similar role, save it with a new name and revise the permissions that are already assigned.

  1. In the Roles tab, select the role you want to duplicate and click netwitness_icon_duplicate_role.png.
  2. Type a new role name and click Save.
  3. To change the permissions, follow the steps in the next procedure.

Delete a Role

You can delete a role if it is not assigned to any users.

  1. In the Roles tab, select the role and click netwitness_ic-delete.png.
  2. A dialog requests confirmation that you want to delete the role. Click Yes.