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Changing a base role

A District Administrator can change a base role and create new base roles.

When a change is made to a base role, PowerSchool SMS automatically applies that change to all roles based on that base role. This enables the District Administrator to easily control the permissions for a large number of roles.

A District Administrator should consider creating a new base role in circumstances where there is a class of system users that is distinct from PowerSchool SMS's standard base roles; for example, teacher's aides. Creating a base role involves naming it, assigning it to a base role group, and setting its permissions. You can change much about a base role but not its base role group.

To edit a base role [You can do this if your role is District Administrator.DA]:

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In the Admin menu, click District Setup. The District Setup page appears.

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Under Users and Security, click Base Roles. The Base Roles page appears [Figure 125].

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In the Base Role column, click a base role's name. The Edit Base Role page appears [Figure 126].

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To add a base role, click Add.

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To delete a base role, select it and click Delete.

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Under General, enter or change Information.

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Under Permissions, set permissions for this base role [Figure 126].

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Click "+" to view a permissions category.

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Select the check box of a permission to have that permission applied to all roles that are based on this base role.

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When you add a new base role, all permissions are initially set to "No" or "None".

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Caution: When you change one or more permissions, log out of PowerSchool SMS then log back in—this ensures that PowerSchool SMS saves the change.

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Click OK.

Figure 125: Base Roles page

Figure 126: Edit Base Role page

Figure 127: Base role permissions example

Table 45: Permissions pertaining to base roles

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