# Availability Management Security Roles

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### Before you start

You must have **Security Roles setup** selected in the Admin tab of your own **General Access security role** before you can assign or remove permissions for any security roles.
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1. Display the **Availability Management Security Roles** details window, if it is not already on screen.
2. Assign the permissions you want for the security role

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="266"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Create Outage From Call</td><td>Analysts with this role can <strong>create an outage record</strong> while logging an incident</td></tr><tr><td>Create Outage From Task</td><td>Analysts with this role can <strong>create an outage record</strong> from a task</td></tr><tr><td>Create Outage From Request</td><td>Analysts with this role can <strong>create an outage record</strong> from a request</td></tr><tr><td>Outage Update</td><td>Analysts with this role can <strong>update the details of an outage</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Browse Outages</td><td>Analysts with this role can browse through <strong>a list of outages</strong> and view their details</td></tr><tr><td>Create Schedules</td><td>Analysts with this role can create availability schedules</td></tr><tr><td>View Availability Data</td><td><p>Analysts with this role can view the availability information for CMDB items. </p><p>Selecting this option enables the <strong>Availability</strong> option on the CMDB Item Explorer</p></td></tr><tr><td>Set Schedules and Targets</td><td>Analysts with this role can set the availability for CMDB items, and set targets against the availability</td></tr><tr><td>Set Public Holidays</td><td>Analysts with this role can designate a defined period as public holiday/s in the availability schedule</td></tr></tbody></table>

1. Select  ![](https://alemba.help/help/10.0/content/resources/images/save%20and%20close%20button.png) to save the changes and close the window. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.