{"id":3574,"date":"2023-10-16T12:48:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performancescoring.com\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:41:17","slug":"how-to-create-edit-custom-company-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/?p=3574","title":{"rendered":"Roles, Seats and Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upstream+ mirrors your company&#8217;s unique Roles and responsibilities. In Upstream+, Roles are also used for setting access permissions. Let&#8217;s go through how to create custom Roles for your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create custom Roles, select <strong>Administration<\/strong> from the main navigation and then click <strong>Manage Roles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001-1024x416.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001-954x388.png 954w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001-980x399.png 980w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094001.png 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The page will have a list of your company\u2019s Roles in the order that they were created during initial setup. Click the <strong>Add New<\/strong> button at the top-right&nbsp;of the page to create a new Role.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-1024x338.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-1536x506.png 1536w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-954x315.png 954w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036-980x323.png 980w, https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-07-31-094036.png 1553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter the Role name, a description of that Role,&nbsp;and the status.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the bottom, select the Access Permissions&nbsp;you would like to grant to users in this Role.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Add New Role<\/strong> to create the new Role.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roles can be edited or made inactive by selecting \u201c<em>Edit<\/em>\u201d from the \u201cManage Roles\u201d page and updating the Role properties.\u202f\u202fFor additional support please contact your account manager.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the <a href=\"http:\/\/securedb.io\/kb\/?p=10605\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/securedb.io\/kb\/?p=10605\">Permissions Glossary<\/a> for a full list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Next up: <a href=\"https:\/\/upstreamreporting.app\/support\/?p=12165&amp;brand=expand\">Add Users<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"daexthefu-container\"\r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"daexthefu-container daexthefu-layout-stacked daexthefu-alignment-center\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-post-id=\"3574\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"daexthefu-feedback\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"daexthefu-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"daexthefu-title\">Was this article helpful?<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"daexthefu-buttons-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"daexthefu-buttons\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"daexthefu-yes daexthefu-button 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