Create Custom Roles

Attention: You must have the Account Owner role or the Administration, Agents, Getting Started Wizard permission to create new custom roles.
Roles can be managed collectively by using groups. A user or group must have at least one role but can have multiple. You have the option to add users and groups to predefined roles.
Warning: You can copy predefined roles to create new customized roles.If you are working under a custom role and copy a predefined role, some permissions may not be visible to you.You must adjust permissions for your customized role to ensure that you get the correct RBAC result.

To create a custom role:

  1. Navigate to Settings Gear Icon > Administration > Roles.
  2. Click Create Plus Icon and enter a unique Name and optional Description.
  3. Configure permissions through the Controller Tenant UI.
    1. Account—set role permissions
    2. Applications—set access and function permissions for applications and tiers
    3. Databases—set access and function permissions for databases
    4. Analytics—set general, log, search, and event data view permissions
    5. Dashboards—set default and custom dashboard management permissions
    6. User and Groups with this Role—view existing or add new users and groups to the role
  4. Click Save.