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title: Legacy Role-Based Access Control
slug: legacy-role-based-access-control
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createdAt: 2025-08-11T11:13:46.000Z
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Administrators manage Swimlane Turbine roles. To access the Roles page, from the Admin panel, select **ROLES**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/r7T-KvUkUb73fVK9SwgOH_rolespage.png)

You can view the profile of each role (by clicking on the name) and Search by role name. You can also **Edit**, **Duplicate Role**, or **Delete** a role.

## Adding a Role

Create a new role by clicking **Add Role**.

From the Settings tab:

- Name: Enter the role name
- Description: Provide the description for that role
- Tenant: Select the tenant from the drop-down to associate a tenant for that role.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/UoZ0eMbysaz3Nuzmqbdcd_addrolepermissionsview.png)

From the Users and Groups tab:

- Click Groups to search for groups, select the group, and add role to that group.
- Click Users to search for users, select the group, and associate that role to that user.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/vyQevzrgOUdAUPPloxEm8_roleusergroups.png)

In order for the role to be able to access orchestration, you **must** toggle on the Grant access to all Turbine Elements toggle.

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This role is created at a tenant level and is specific to a tenant.
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## Editing a Role

You can edit a role by clicking on the role or by click the ellipses button and click Edit.

You can control Role permissions for **Workspaces**, **Dashboards**, **Applications**, **Applets**, **Records**, and **Reports**.

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After you change the role or permission of a user, wait for two minutes for it to get updated.
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![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/DX3ELRKH5h-LOJGJ4Hf7L_role-permissions.png)

Refer to this table for more information about how role permissions and field-level permissions work together:

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/gtMSRkGMLGzIqNRtQ1U7z_permissionstable.png)

## Duplicate Role

You can duplicate a role using the following:

- Click the role. From the Edit role page, click **Duplicate role**.
- Click the ellipsis button and click **Duplicate Role**.

The duplicated role is added to the list of roles. Click the role to edit the properties or permissions.

**Note:** If you change the tenant for that role, you must set the permissions again as it is considered as new role.