The project administrator role appears as an initial default role after the project was created. Project administrators can perform any workflow action.
To complete the tasks with role assignments, a user must be a Project administrator or must have permission for these activities.
### Create a role The option to create a role with needed permissions is available under **Roles** in project settings (**Project** menu > **Administration** > **Roles**). [](https://docs.apptimized.com/uploads/images/gallery/2020-04/be4tmJzx3TJ0DUC9-roles_01.PNG) Apptimized shows the following screen when successful: [](https://docs.apptimized.com/uploads/images/gallery/2020-04/xWucE1gUN1SVXOnu-roles_02.PNG) The option to create a new role is available under the **Add new role** button: [](https://docs.apptimized.com/uploads/images/gallery/2020-04/O9nS3grbLRAobj7u-roles_03.PNG) Apptimized shows the following modal window when successful: [](https://docs.apptimized.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-02/Fd0mYIUWqdbyA57I-roles_04_1.png) The new role requires its name, project and workflow permissions. All required fields are marked with an asterisk \*. [](https://docs.apptimized.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-02/eXSEThg3gWjA2eJ7-roles_04_2.png) Table 1. Role attributes| **Attribute** | **Description** |
| **Project permissions** | |
| Dashboards | This attribute provides access to the project dashboard. |
| Access to all apps | This attribute providees access to all apps if the **Application owner** field is enabled. |
| Roles | This attribute provides access to perform role management activities for the project. |
| Groups and users | This attribute provides access to perform management activities with groups and users for the project. |
| File Storage | This attribute provides access to a dedicated/separate file storage to which the user can upload files for later use. |
| View Updates | This attribute provides access to the Update Monitoring feature of Apptimized including e-mail notifications. |
| Echo “assisted” | This attribute provides access to assisted Echo playback for interactive sessions such as Discovery and Testing. |
| Echo Testing | This attribute provides test automation capabilities: record the user’s test case and play it back automatically when needed. |
| Echo platforms | This attribute provides the ability to add and remove Echo platforms in project on Echo statistics page. |
| Echo applications | This attribute provides abilities to check applications for new Echo platform and approve new Echo platform in Project on Echo statistics page. |
| Catalogue | This attribute provides access to latest version of the application which was packaged with a standard guide and ready for use. |
| SCCM | This attribute provides access to perform SCCM activities within the project. The option becomes active when SCCM is enabled for the project. |
| Intune | This attribute provides access to perform Intune activities within the project. The option becomes active when Intune is enabled for the project. |
| View Holistic portfolio | This attribute provides access to view Holistic portfolio. |
| Manage Holistic portfolio | This attribute provides access to manage Holistic portfolio. |
| Hypervisors | This attribute enables to set up Hypervisors settings. |
| Azure VMs | This attribute enables to setup Azure virtualization settings |
| **Workflow permissions** | |
| Import | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Import** step of the project's workflow. |
| Discovery Self Service | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Discovery - Self Service** step of the project's workflow. |
| Discovery Factory Service | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Discovery - Factory Service** step of the project's workflow. |
| Packaging Self Service | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Packaging - Self Service step** of the project's workflow. |
| Packaging Factory Service | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Packaging Factory Service** step of the project's workflow. |
| Testing Self Service | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Testing - Self Service step** of the project's workflow. |
| Testing Factory Service | This attribute provides access to perform activities on the **Testing - Factory Service** step of the project's workflow. |