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Role management

This article details the Team Edition's role management procedures, covering creating and updating user roles across web and desktop platforms. For more information about Roles, see Roles in Team Edition.

Role management

The process of managing roles involves creating or modifying user accounts and differs slightly between the web and desktop interfaces, primarily due to the user interface layout.

Info

For more details on user management, see Users.

Create role

  1. As an administrator, begin the user creation workflow. Navigate to Settings -> Administration -> Users and Teams -> Users.
  2. Click on the + Create button to start creating a new user.

  3. Select the desired role from the dropdown menu labeled Role.

  4. Fill in the required information in the other fields provided.

  5. Click on the Create button to create a new user.
  1. As an administrator, begin the user creation workflow. Navigate to Window -> Show View -> Administration.
  2. Select the Users tab.
  3. Click on the + Create button.

  4. Select the desired role from the dropdown menu labeled Role.

  5. Fill in the required information in the other fields provided.

  6. Click on the OK button to create a new user.

Update role

The process of updating a role is similar to creating one, except you need to access an existing user.

  1. As an administrator, navigate to Settings -> Administration -> Users and Teams -> Users.
  2. Find the needed user.

  3. Select the desired role from the dropdown menu labeled Role.

  4. Click on the Save button to save the changes.

  1. As an administrator, navigate to Window -> Show View -> Administration.
  2. Select the Users tab.
  3. Find the related user.

  4. Select the desired role from the dropdown menu labeled Role.

  5. Changes will be saved automatically.

Note

After the administrator updates a user's role, the user will be prompted to apply the changes. Once confirmed, the permissions will be updated accordingly.

Initial role setup with identity providers

When a user logs in for the first time through an identity provider, they're assigned the Viewer role by default. To change it manually, see update role.

Note

With a multi-server license, the initial role can be assigned from the DBeaver website.

Automatic role mapping

For some providers, Team Edition can map external groups or attributes directly to roles. When a user logs in, their role is set automatically based on group membership - no manual updates needed.

Supported providers:

If a user belongs to multiple groups, the highest-permission role applies.

To configure mapping, open the identity provider settings and enter the group name (or attribute value) for each role.

Info

For more information on identity providers, see Authentication methods.