Defining roles

Roles determine the specific tasks that are assigned to and processed by specific users or groups.

About this task

You define and assign roles to users in an application space. After you create the roles, you assign in-baskets to those roles. The users who are assigned to the roles must process the in-baskets that contain the work items for the application.

To add a role:

1. Define roles in the administration console:
   1. In the domain navigation pane, select the object store.
   2. In the object store navigation pane, click the Administrative > Workflow System > Isolated Regions folder and click the isolated region that you want to modify.
   3. Click the Application Spaces folder.
   4. Click the application space to which you want to add a role.
   5. In the details pane, click the Roles tab.
2. Click New.
3. Specify information for the new role.