A role represents the position or function that is assigned to a specific group of users.
Example:

• Manager Role
• Secretary Role

In Garoon, you can set administrative privileges and permissions for roles, and specify roles as recipients of notifications and users of "Shared with".
You can create and manage roles on the "Group (or Role) Settings" screen in Users & System Administration.
For details, refer to About Groups (or Roles).

The following is an example of setting permission to access the "confidential" category in the bulletin board for the "manager" role.
Depending on the permission settings, the category looks like the following.

• Users who have been assigned the "manager" role:
  The "confidential" category is displayed on the bulletin board.
  
• Users who have not been assigned as the "manager" role:
  The "confidential" category is not displayed on the bulletin board.
  

• Application
  • User settings
    For details, refer to the "Limiting Application Users" section.
• Plug-in
  • Plug-in settings
    For details, refer to Configuring Target to Apply a Plug-In.
• Customization
  • JavaScript and CSS Customization
    You can configure a role to the target to apply customization. For details, refer to Garoon General Customization.
• Administrative Privileges
  • Basic System Administrators
    For details, refer to Setting Up Basic System Administrators.
  • Application Administrators
    For details, refer to Setting Up Application Administrators.

• Portal
  • Portal List
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Portals and Setting Up Access Permissions for Portlets.
  • Permissions for default portal setting
    For details, refer to Setting Permissions for Default Portal Setting.
  • Permissions for My Portal
    For details, refer to Setting Up Permissions for My Portals.
  • Operational administrative privileges for portals
    For details, refer to Setting up Operational Administrative Privileges for Portals.
  • Operational administrative privileges for portlet groups
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Portlet Groups.
• Bookmarks
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Permissions for Shared Categories.
  • Operational Administrators Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Shared Categories.
• Scheduler
  • Facilities/Facility Groups Name
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Facility Groups.
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Scheduler.
  • Default "Shared with"
    For details, refer to Setting Up Default Shared with Users in Appointments.
  • JavaScript and CSS Customization
    For details, refer to Scheduler Customization.
• Messages
  • JavaScript and CSS Customization
    For details, refer to Messages Customization.
• Bulletin Board
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Categories.
  • Operational Administrators Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Shared Categories.
  • Notification Settings
    For details, refer to Notification Settings.
• Cabinet
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Folders.
  • Operational Administrators Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Folders.
  • Notification Settings
    For details, refer to Notification Settings.
• Phone Messages
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Phone Messages.
• Address Book
  • Setting up User Permissions
    For details, refer to Setting Up Permissions for the Address Book.
  • Operational Administrators Settings
    Refer to the description of Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Books.
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Permissions for Books.
• E-mail
  • JavaScript and CSS Customization
    For details, refer to E-mail Customization.
• Workflow
  • Request Forms
    You can use roles when you set the default values of route steps. For details, refer to Approval Route Settings (Dedicated Routes) and Acknowledgement Route Settings (Dedicated Routes).
  • Route List
    You can use roles when you set the default values of route steps. For details, refer to Approval Route Settings (Shared Routes) and Acknowledgement Route Settings (Shared Routes).
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Categories.
  • Settings to Make Request Data Public
    For details, refer to Settings to Make Request Data Public.
  • Operational Administrators Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Shared Categories.
• MultiReport
  • User Rights Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Access Permissions for Categories.
  • Operational Administrators Settings
    For details, refer to Setting Up Operational Administrative Privileges for Shared Categories.
• KUNAI
  • Setting up User Permissions
    For details, refer to Setting Up User Permissions.

You can use roles for the following features and applications.

• Mentions
  For details, refer to the Working with Mentions.
• Shared Appointments in Scheduler
  You can use roles to specify users to share the appointments and the default users of "Shared with". For details, refer to What If You Configure "Shared With"? and Setting Up Default Shared with Users in Appointments.
• Creating Spaces
  You can use roles in the "Members" and "Administrators" fields. For details, refer to Creating Spaces.