Access to assign roles to users depends on the permissions assigned to you and whether you are in view or edit mode. If you do not have read or edit permission for a particular user, you may still see this user listed in search results and choosers. However, you cannot view details for that user or assign roles to that user. If you try to view user details or assign a role without the proper object-level permissions, an error message is displayed.

In the default configuration, the permissions required to access workspaces and tasks are defined in the workspace configuration files; and the access permissions required to assign roles are defined in the object manager configuration files. Permissions can be customized, including setting object-level read and edit permission. For more information, see the Ariba Buyer Administrator Customization Guide.

1. View details for roles related to this workspace.
   • To view details, such as the permissions contained in the role and the users assigned the role, click a role name. When viewing role details, click links to view additional information.
   • If available, click the Table Options icon, located in the row above the column headers, to display commands that control the display of data in the table. For example, you can hide or show columns of data; group data; or export data to Excel.
2. Assign roles related to this workspace to users. You can only assign roles to users in your login partition.
   • To assign a role to users, click Assign to see a list of users currently assigned the role and then click Add/Remove.
   • Click Save to save your changes to the database, or Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving your changes.
   • A log message is created in the database audit log when a role is assigned to or removed from a user.