Roles

SelectUser Management > Roles.

A role is a group of one or moreUsers.

For more information about users and roles inFME Flow, seeRole-Based and User-Based Access Control.

The default columns displayed in the Roles table are:

Name- Name of the role.
Users- User accounts assigned to the role.

FME Flowprovides a set of default roles:

Role	Description	User
fmeadmin	Provides full access toFME Flow, including the Web User Interface.	admin
fmeauthor	Providesworkspaceauthors access toFME Flowto publish, author, and test newworkspaces.	author
fmeguest	Provides unauthenticated access to run jobs via Web Service URLs.	guest
fmesuperuser	Authorized to access all resources ofFME Flow, including existing and newly-created resources.	admin
fmeuser	Provides users access to the Web User Interface and Web Services.	user

Adding and Removing Roles

To add a role, clickNew. Alternatively, select an existing role and clickDuplicate. A dialog displays to add a new role. This dialog is similar to Configuring an Existing Role, below.

To remove a role, select it and clickRemove.

Note "> NoteYou cannot remove the fmesuperuser role.

Configuring an Existing Role

To configure an existing user role, click an entry in the Roles table. The Edit Role page opens. Configure the following settings, and clickOKto save your changes.

Associated Users

To assign users to the role, click inside the field and select a user in the drop-down. To remove users from the role, click the "x" beside the user name.

Permissions

You can give a role access to different functions inFME Flow. Check the box beside a function to grant access.

Optionally, you can add permissions to match those from an existing role. ClickLoad Template. On the Load Template from Role dialog, select the role from which to load permissions, and clickOK. This option adds any additional permissions that are not already granted. No permissions are removed. You can clickLoad Templatemultiple times to add permissions from more roles.

There are two levels of permissions:

General: Allows users of the role to view the corresponding navigation link in the Web User Interface, along with select management functions, depending on the category. For example, ifAccessis checked besideRepositories, users can access the Repositories page. Additionally, ifCreateis checked, users can create repositories on the Repositories page.
Item: Allows users of the role specific permissions on items within functional categories. To view items, click the drop-down icon of a category (v). For example, when you expand the Repositories category, you see the individual repositories on yourFME Flow, along with the permissions that can be granted for each one.

The following is a detailed explanation of general- and item-level (where applicable) permissions for each category: