Context Roles

The context roles are similar to the system roles; however, they are completely dissociated from one another. Context roles are always related to a single process or an instance and allow the user to influence a process with expanded rights. Currently, the following roles exist:

Contextroles

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Contextroles

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workflow-designer

The group/user who is designated as workflow-designer in the process model is given the ability to deploy a new process version.

participant

All users within a group are given the rights of a “participant if the group has an active task, has been assigned a task within a process, or is assigned to a Swimlane. If the swim lane or the task is assigned to a specific user rather than the group, then the participant rights are also given.

starter

The group/user, who is assigned as the starter in the process model, receives the ability to start the process.

owner

The holder of a process is designated as the owner. The owner may, for example, assign tasks to arbitrary groups or users, archive instances, and view all instances of a given process.

 

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Context roles

Select one or multiple context roles by using the select-boxes in the context role table. The table displays the user/group or tenant, the creation user and time, the context role itself, and the context ID.

2

Archive selected context role(s)

Are one or more context roles selected, the option to archive is displayed. Clicking this button will prompt a confirmation pop-up.

Use this feature with caution as once archived context roles can not be restored from the front end.

 

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User/Group/Tenant

Displays a user, group or tenant that is assigned specific roles. The user, group, or tenant can be selected via a drop-down.

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Role

The drop-down for selecting a dedicated role for the user/group/tenant.

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Context Name

The desired context can be chosen between process definition or process instance.

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Context ID

The context ID refers to either a specific process definition or process instance as a unique identifier and is generated by the system. The ID is not editable.

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Delete

This button will remove the selected context role from the system.

Use the remove option with caution as once delete the context role can not be retrieved from the front end.

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Update

Confirming the changes to the context role will take effect after clicking the 'Update' button and acknowledging the confirmation pop-up.