# Knowledge 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. Select the Menu button, then **Admin**, then select **System Administration**.

   The System Administration window appears.
2. In the Explorer pane, expand **Security Roles**, then select **Knowledge Management**. All existing Knowledge Management security roles are displayed.
3. The pre-defined role **All** typically has all role options selected. However, some of the options are not selected by default and you should explore the permissions set before assigning the role.
4. If you want to create a role, select  and assign the role a name in the **Role Name** field. To view or update a role, select the role in the browse table and select .
5. The permissions for Knowledge Management security roles are available on several tabs. Select the appropriate one for your needs:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="211"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Options</td><td>contains security permissions relating to knowledge entries within the Knowledge Bank including viewing, searching and editing entries</td></tr><tr><td>Content Access</td><td><p>contains security permissions for knowledge profiles.</p><p><strong>Content Access</strong> is enabled by selecting <strong>Search</strong> in the <strong>Options</strong> tab</p></td></tr><tr><td>Statuses</td><td><p>contains security permissions relating to knowledge statuses.</p><p><strong>Statuses</strong> is enabled by selecting <strong>Author</strong> in the <strong>Options</strong> tab</p></td></tr></tbody></table>