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Assigning a role to multiple users

You can add several users to a role at the same time in Cloudera Data Visualization.

You must have administrative privileges to perform this action.
  1. On the main navigation bar, click the Gear icon and select Manage Roles.
  2. On the Manage Roles page, click the Edit icon for the role you want to update.
  3. On the Role Detail page, open the Members tab.
  4. In the Users section of the the Members tab, click EDIT USER(S).
    The Role Assignment modal appears.
  5. Add users to the role.

    You can add users in the following ways:

    Search and select existing users
    1. Use the Search field to find users by name.
    2. Select one or more users from the filtered list.
    3. Click ADD to move them to the Selected users list.
    4. Click APPLY.
    Add externally defined users (LDAP authentication)

    If you are using LDAP authentication, you can assign roles to users who are not yet stored locally (for example, users who have not logged in).

    1. In the Users text field, type the username.

    2. Click Create to add the username to the list.

    3. Repeat as needed.

    4. Click ADD, to move them to the Selected users list.

    5. Click APPLY.
  6. Review the list of users assigned to the role is updated in the Role Detail interface.
  7. Click APPLY.
    A confirmation message appears briefly to indicate the update was successful.