{"id":1308,"date":"2017-05-02T10:31:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:52:56","slug":"copying-users-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/copying-users-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Copying a User&#8217;s Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Need to Create a New User Similar to the Last?<\/h2>\n<p>When setting up a new project it is very likely that you will have a number of users who need the same access and privileges. Copying a user&#8217;s role you have set up for one user to use as a template is the easiest way to do this.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create the first user and set up all their privileges. Save this user.<\/li>\n<li>Choose &#8216;<em>Save Role&#8230;<\/em>&#8221; to create a template from this current user<\/li>\n<li>Use &#8216;<em>New&#8230;<\/em>&#8216; to create a new user and give them a unique name.<\/li>\n<li>Use &#8216;<em>Select Role&#8230;<\/em> &#8216; to choose the role saved in the previous steps, choose how much of the template you want to apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1309\" style=\"width: 929px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1309 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/user_role.png\" alt=\"Saving and applying a copy of a user role\" width=\"929\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/user_role.png 929w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/user_role-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/user_role-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copy a User Role<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Read the help for further information on setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.2\/System Administration\/user_management.htm\">users,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.2\/WorkBench\/Other\/roles.htm\">roles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/copying-users-role\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fcopying-users-role%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need to Create a New User Similar to the Last? 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