What is Role?

Role is set of permissions to create, view, edit and delete particular data in Polar Help Desk 5 application. It delegates application user's rights to perform specific tasks and parts of the interface they can view.

For example, permission to GET /incidents is permission to view list of incidents, permission to PUT /incident/3 is permission to edit incident with ID 3, etc. Each Contact is granted permissions according to Role his Account is in, and each User is granted permissions according to Role his Team is in.

You can view complete table of URI Resources and HTTP Methods with explanations at URI Resources and HTTP Methods in Roles and API and also check some red notes written on a screenshot of Administrator Role.



What is a Role?	Who is responsible for Roles?
How many different roles a company can have?	What types of roles can be granted to users?
How can I view existing roles?	How can I sort roles?
How can I create a new role?
How do I set permissions for a role?
How can I modify an existing role?	Can I copy settings from one role to another?
Can I delete a role?	How do I add teams to a role?
How can I add accounts to a role?	How can I delete/remove accounts from a role?
How can I add new team to a role?	How can I delete/remove team from a role?



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