Set up Roles in ebs for Users?

Question

Hi
I am creating a conversion for employee security. I was wondering if anyone has set up roles in ebs. I am attempting to get minimal employee data...just names and emp numbers. With that I will set up users. Now that's fine, but what I want is to set up roles for those users. Say a Buyer or Vendor. I want to classify them as such. And then have different responsibilities show up in the app.
Can this be accomplished? Any insight would help.

Answer 1

If I have understood this correctly, you could use RBAC (Role Based Access). This is more commonly known as User Management (product code UMX).
The ony user with this role is initially SYSADMIN. However, you can use SYSADMIN to grant this role to other users.
Once you have access to User Management, you can define a ROLE. ROLES can be hierarchical, so one ROLE can incorporate other roles.
To achieve what I think you're trying to do, create a ROLE called ABC. Then make RESPONSIBILITIES X, Y and Z subordinate to that role. Respopnsibilities are specific type of roles anyway.
Then ROLE ABC will contain responsibilities X, Y and Z.
Still using the User Management responsibility, ASSIGN ROLE ABC to a user. Then go into 'standard' System Administrator. Navigate to SECURITY > USER >DEFINE and query this user. You will NOT see the responsibilites X, Y, Z because the form defaults to the DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES tab. These are the responsibilities assigned via System Administrator. BUT - use the tab called INDIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES and you will see X, Y and Z.
Apply this process to multiple users and you have a solution!
Regards
Tim