Add child roles to a parent role

We can add a role (child role) to the membership of an organizational role (parent role). This task defines the roles in a role hierarchy. Circular parent-child relationships are not permitted.

When we add child roles to a parent role, ensure that there is not a separation of duty policy violation.

To add a child role to a parent role...

  1. From the navigation tree, click Manage Roles.

  2. On the Manage Roles page:

    1. Enter information about the role in the Search information field.

    2. In the Search by field, specify whether to search against role names or descriptions, or against business units, and then click Search. A list of roles that match the search criteria is displayed.

    3. In the Roles table, click the icon (Context menu icon) next to the role, and then click Add Child Roles. The Add Child Roles page is displayed.

  3. On the Add Child Roles page:

    1. Enter information about the role in the Search information field.

    2. In the Search by field, specify whether to search against role names or descriptions, or against business units, and then click Search. The Roles table is displayed, listing the roles that match the search criteria and that can be children of another role.

    3. In the Roles table, select the check box next to one or more roles that to add to the membership of the role, and then click Add. Selecting the check box at the top of this column selects all roles. We cannot select a role that is already a child role.

    4. Click OK to add the selected roles as children of the organizational role, or click Cancel.

  4. On the Confirm page, specify the date and time for the membership removal to occur, and then click Submit, or click Cancel.


Results

A Success page is displayed, indicating that you successfully added a child role.

The roles are added as children of the organizational role, and the Manage Roles page is displayed.

We can continue working with roles, or click Close.

Parent topic: Role administration