Set assignment attribute values to the user members of a role

We can set assignment attribute values to the user members of a static organizational role if you defined assignment attributes in the role definition.

To set assignment attributes to the user members in a static role...

1. From the navigation tree, click Manage Roles. The Manage Roles page is displayed.

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 () next to the role to which to add members, and then click Manage User Members. The Manage User Members and Child Roles page is displayed.

3. On the Manage User Members and Child Roles page:

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

   2. In the Search by field, select the attribute on which to search, and then click Search, or click Advanced, depending on the type of search to do. The advanced search option opens a new page where we can specify additional search criteria. The Users table is displayed, listing the users that match the search criteria.

   3. In the Users table, select the check box next to one or more user members to set assignment attribute values, and then click Set Assignment Attributes. Selecting the check box at the top of this column selects all user members.The Associate Role Assignment Attributes page is displayed.
   The Associate Role Assignment Attributes page is displayed if you defined role assignment attributes when creating the role. These conditions apply:

   • When the role is a child role to one or more parent roles, the role assignment attributes includes the attributes from all of the parent roles.

   • When we select a user member, the existing attribute value is displayed if you assigned values when adding user members.

   • The values are not displayed if we have not set any of them in the assignment attributes when adding user members.

   • When we select multiple user members, the values for assignment attributes are joined.

4. On the Associate Role Assignment Attributes page:

   1. Enter values for the role assignment attributes.

      In the role assignment attributes table, click the name of the assignment attribute. The Set Assignment Values page is displayed.

   2. Enter a value for the attribute and click Add. We can add more than one value. When finished, click OK.

      The Associate Role Assignment Attributes table is displayed.

   3. When finished adding values to attributes, click Continue. A confirmation page is displayed.

5. On the Confirm page, specify the date and time for the user members to be added with the assignment attribute values. Then click Submit. Click Back to return to the previous page.

A Success page is displayed, indicating that you successfully added the user members to the role membership.

View the status of the request, or click Close.

Parent topic: Role assignment attributes