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# Role Management
### Overview
A role is a security group which may or may not have access to specific user interfaces or system resources based on your security model.
A role can have a series of users who are provided with the security model defined by the given role.
### The User Interface
The role management user interface resides in the Platform Admin Area, under system :angle-right: roles.
### Listing Roles
To list current system roles:
1. Navigate to system :angle-right: roles,
2. optionally insert the filtering parameters.
3. The list refreshes automatically.
### Creating Roles
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You can only define permissions for existing roles.
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To create a new role:
1. Navigate to system :angle-right: roles,
2. click on the new button,
3. insert the parameters for the new role,
4. press the submit button.
### Editing Roles
To edit an existing role:
1. Navigate to system :angle-right: roles,
2. click on the edit button next to the role you wish to edit,
3. update the parameters for the updated role,
4. press the submit button.
### Archiving Roles
To archive an existing role:
1. Navigate to system :angle-right: roles,
2. click on the edit button next to the role you wish to archive,
3. click and confirm the archive button.
### Deleting Roles
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Instead of deleting roles, you can archive the role
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To delete an existing role:
1. Navigate to system :angle-right: roles,
2. click on the edit button next to the role you wish to delete,
3. click and confirm the delete button.
### Cloning Role Permissions
To clone the role’s permissions to another role:
1. Navigate to system :angle-right: roles,
2. click on the clone permissions button,
3. select the roles you wish to clone the permissions to,
4. press the clone button.
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