Grant a time-limited user role
Learn how to assign a role to a user temporarily. Use this feature if you have a user who needs to perform a one-time action that is normally outside their roles.
Before you begin
Role required: user_admin
Note:
- Time-limited user roles can be assigned to a user for a maximum of 5 days.
- For a user, you can assign only
admin,snc_read_only,impersonator, and (or)snc_required_script_writer_permissionrole as time-limited role. - Time-limited user roles are not displayed to the assigned users under the Roles tab of the user (sys_user) record.
- When the time-limited role assigned users log in, they see a notification regarding the role assignment.
- Time-limited assignments can handle more than one role assignment to a user, even if the total duration across assignments is less than five days.
About this task
Warning: Usage of Time-limited User Roles may consume access and use rights procured by customer and could result in additional subscription fees.
Procedure
Navigate to All > * > *User Administration > Time-limited user roles.
Select New.
Fill in the fields on the form.
All fields except Comments are mandatory.
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| Active | Determines if the time limited role assignment is active. |
| Role | The role assigned to the user. Only admin, impersonate, and snc\_readonly are allowed |
| User | The user to be assigned the time limited role |
| Start Time | The start time and date for the time limited role |
| End Time | The end time and date for the time limited roleNote: End Time cannot be more than 5 days from the Start Time. |
| Comments \(Optional\) | Additional comments or information for the limited role assignment |
- Select Submit.
Result
The specified user now has the role. They must complete their restricted task between the start time and the end time.
Parent Topic:Time-limited role