Create a role
inSync Cloud Editions:
Elite Plus
Elite
Enterprise
Business




Overview
As a cloud administrator, you can:
- Create a new role by importing rights from another role. You can import rights only from a single role. When you import rights from a role, the new role inherits all the rights of the imported role. However, you cannot import rights configured for the Druva Cloud administrator and inSync Cloud administrator.
- Create a custom role.
- A Druva Cloud administrator can be created only through the Druva Cloud Platform Console. Click the Druva logo
to access the Global Navigation Panel > Home to launch the Druva Cloud Platform Console. See Manage Druva administrators for more information.
- All other inSync administrators can be created through the inSync Management Console as well as the Druva Cloud Platform Console.
- Rights available to the pre-defined roles can be viewed and managed only through the inSync Management Console.
- You can create only Druva Cloud administrator and inSync Cloud administrator roles in the Business edition.
Create a Predefined Role
To create a predefined role:
- On the inSync Management Console menu bar, click
> Administrators. The Administrators and Roles page appears.
- Click the Roles tab.
- Click Create Role. The Create New Role window appears.
- On the Summary page, provide the appropriate information for each field.
Field Action Name Type the name for this role. Description Type a short description for this role. Import rights from Select -select a role -.
- Click Next. The Assign Rights page appears.
- If you want to assign a category to the new role, then select the category. When you select a category, all rights mapped to the selected category are assigned to the new role.
If you want to assign specific rights from a category, then expand the appropriate category, and select the rights that you want to assign. - Click Finish. The role appears in the Roles list.
Create a Custom Role
To create a custom role
- On the inSync Management Console menu bar, click
> Administrators. The Administrators and Roles page appears.
- Click the Roles tab.
- Click Create Role. The Create New Role window appears.
- On the Summary page, provide the appropriate information for each field.
Field Action Name Type the name for this role. Description Type a short description for this role. Import rights from Select a role from where you want to import rights.
- Click Next. The Assign Rights page appears.
- On the Assign Rights page, you can modify the properties of the new role according to your requirements.
- Click Finish. The role appears in the Roles list.