Aurora: Custom group roles

Community Administrators can create custom group roles at the community, category, and group levels. Group roles are created for a specific group and are not shared across groups. Custom group roles are not inherited from parent nodes.

• Create a custom group role
• Edit a custom group role
• Delete a custom group role

To create, edit, or delete a group role for a particular group, go to that group using the Community Structure page and follow the instructions for the task you want to perform.

Create a custom group role

You can create a custom group role in the following ways:

• Clone an existing group role
• Add a new group role

Clone an existing group role

At the community level, you can create a custom group role either by cloning an existing group role (Owner, Curator, Inviter, or Member role) or adding a new group role.

When you clone an existing role, your new role has the proper foundation permissions for operating correctly within a group context.

Note: The Clone option for group roles is supported only at the community level and not supported at the category, board, and group node levels.

To clone an existing group role at the community level:

1. Sign in to the community and go to Account > Settings.
   
   The Community Settings page displays.
2. Go to Users > Roles and Permissions.
   
3. Go to Group Roles and open the Options menu next to the role you want to clone.
4. Click Clone.
   
5. Enter the Role ID for the new role.
6. (Optional) Enter a Description for the new role.
   
7. Click Save.
   

The new role appears in the Group Roles section, and you can start assigning users to this role to group members.

Add new group role

You can add a new custom group role at the community, category, and group levels and start assigning users to this role. When you add a new role, all the default permissions are assigned for the role and you can modify the permissions based on your requirements.

To add a new group role:

1. On the Community Structure page, click the required category or group node where you want to add a new group role.
   
2. Click the Category Permissions tab.
   The list of Category Roles and the list of Group Roles of the respective node are displayed.
   
3. In the Group Roles section, click Add Group Role.
   
4. Enter the Role ID for the new role.
5. (Optional) Enter a Description for the new role.
   
6. Click Save.
   The new role appears in the Group Roles section and you can start assigning users to this role.
   

Edit a custom group role

1. In Community Structure, go to the category or group where you want to edit the role and click Category Permissions.
2. Click Edit next to the role you want to edit.
   
3. Edit the permissions as needed.
4. Click Save.

Delete a custom group role

To delete a custom group role:

1. In Community Structure, go to the group where you want to delete the role and click Group Permissions.
2. Open the Options menu and click Delete next to the custom group role you want to delete.
   
3. Click Delete.
   
   

When you delete a custom group role, any member permissions associated with the role are revoked.