Assigning and Editing Permissions in Group Rights

How to Grant & Modify Permissions on SIMS

Finding a User Account's Assigned Permission Group

  1. Go to Admin > User Accounts to identify which group the User account is assigned to.



  2. In the example below, we're selecting the user 'Shireburn' which is assigned to Group 'ADMIN'.



Checking a Group's Assigned Permissions

  1. Next, go to Admin > Groups Rights.



  2. The following Group Permissions window will open by default. In this example, we have selected ADMIN.



  3. The tabs in the above image will let you configure the Permissions accordingly:
    1. Permissions (labelled 1 in the image): indicates which permissions are currently ACTIVE for the selected group.
    2. Available Permissions (labelled 2 in the image): indicates which permissions are currently NOT assigned to the selected group.

Assigning Permissions to a Group

Continuing from step 3 in the section above:
  1. In the Group Permissions window, select the 'Available Permissions' tab.
  2. Find the permission you want to assign.
  3. Under the 'Tag' column, double-click on the empty box. This will mark the permission's Tag box with a check mark.
  4. In the tool bar, press U to activate the permission and assign it under the Admin group.



  5. Finally, press Save.








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