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User Management roles

Find the User Management authorization roles available in the Admin module and compare the actions available for each role.

Roles

  • User Admin
  • User Manager

User Management roles comparison

  Action Roles
User Admin User Manager
Assign roles to other users. Create a user that automatically has the Everyone role assigned. x x
Change the barcode of a patron record. x x
Create users, regardless of module (Circ, Acq, etc.) x x
Delete users. x x
Perform all operations, including assigning roles to users. x  
Read information about self via WorldCat Discovery. x x
Read information about users, regardless of module (Circ, Acq, etc.) x x
Retrieve and view users. x x
The security context contains all the information about a given user (especially what actions they can perform). This permission allows the user to perform actions on behalf of another user (patron). x x
Update information about other users, regardless of module (Circ, Acq, etc.) x x
Update information about self via WorldCat Discovery. x x
Update institution configuration information relating to authentication and authorization. x x
View information about a user’s accounts. In some circumstances this may include identifying information about accounts external to OCLC (e.g. where OCLC receives periodic patron updates from an external system, or where authentication is managed by an external system). x x
View My Library and export data. x x