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Role permissions

A role's permissions enable a District Administrator to control each role's ability to view and change information (such as legal alerts, report cards, and photos) and the actions a user can take [Figure 287]. A role inherits the permission settings of its associated base role [>>]. Any changes to a role's permissions affect only that role.

Figure 287: Permission settings example

Permissions pertaining to actions can be set to:

Permissions pertaining to viewing information can be set to:

A setting for one permission can affect another permission. Refer to the Permissions catalog [>>] for a detailed description of each permission and its potential settings.

To view a role's permissions: You can do this if your role is School Administrator or District Administrator.[SA, 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 Roles. The Roles page appears.

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In the Role column, click the role's name. The Edit Role page appears.

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Under Permissions, click "+" to view permissions within a category.

To change a role's permissions: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 Roles. The Roles page appears.

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In the Role column, click the role's name. The Edit Role page appears.

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Under Permissions, click "+" next to a permissions category [Figure 288].

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In the Access column, click the down arrow for the permission and select an access type.

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Click OK. 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.

Figure 288: Role permissions change

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