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<Session ID="/baanerp/tt/ams/ttams2100m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Role Data (ttams2100m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic xml:lang="en"><AimSection><Paragraph class="Default"> 
                                 Use this session to maintain <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">role</Link> data.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">Roles are used to define and maintain a complex set of <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000014" role="glossary">authorizations</Link> for a group of users, who are all identified by the same role. A role can contain subroles, and a user can be connected to several roles.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>The roles are divided into the following components:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#100000" role="glossary">session authorizations</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#100002" role="glossary">database authorizations</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#100003" role="glossary">library authorizations</Link>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
			<List><ListIntro>These authorizations are specified on the following level of detail:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>On a <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000023" role="glossary">company</Link> level (not for libraries)</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On a <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000008" role="glossary">package</Link> level</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On a module level</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On a component level</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On a subcomponent level (only for databases)</ListItem>
			</List>
			<List><ListIntro>You can use the commands on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu to:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Create subroles in a role</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Start the sessions to maintain the authorizations of the components on different levels.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Start the Role browser to display (part of) the role tree and to highlight, in red, cyclical definitions in the tree. These recursive structures are prohibited because, the bshell or db server can be caught in an infinite loop.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Convert the changes of run time</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                 Related topics
                              </SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000051" role="manual">To create an ERP LN user</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000052" role="manual">To define authorizations</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000053" role="manual">To define templates for AMS</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000054" role="manual">To define session authorizations</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000055" role="manual">To define database authorizations</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000056" role="manual">To define library authorizations</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="ttams200.crol"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Role</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">role</Link> code.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttams200.desc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Description</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>A description of the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">role</Link>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
