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Web rolesUser roles in Self-Service determine what menus are displayed after logging on and whateach person has access to. Users can see and access only those menu items that their rolesauthorize them to see. A user may have more than one role.NoteDo not confuse the concept of web user roles with the Oracle roles usedin Banner security. For information about Banner security’s use of roles,see the Banner Security Administration Handbook.•Roles are not the only factor that determine which pages a user can access. For example, astudent will not be allowed to register for classes if the individual’s current general studentrecord is not active.There are three types of roles that each user may be assigned at the time that they login.Each valid role that is found is loaded into an occurrence in twbkslib.role_table duringlogin by the twbkslib.p_fetch_roles procedure.• Standard Banner roles. Each of these roles is defined by the existence of data in theBanner system via the GOVROLE view. It is possible for a user to have none, any,or all of the roles.• The All Web Users role (WEBUSER). This role is assigned dynamically to everyuser that logs in.• Manually assigned roles. These roles are assigned to a user by a Web TailorAdministrator on the Update User Roles page in Web Tailor. It is possible for a userto have none, any, or all of the roles. The assigned roles are stored in theTWGRROLE table.Refer to each Self-Service product’s documentation for more information on the rolesrequired for its users and the application rules that control a user’s access and updateprivileges.Standard Banner web rolesEach of these roles is automatically assigned when a user has the required records in theBanner database. The GOVROLE view gathers the information from the Banner databaseto determine. It is possible for a user to have none, any, or all of these roles.5-16 Banner Web Tailor 8.3 January 2010User GuideTechnical Reference