Kuali System Permissions

• Set System Permissions
  • System Administrators
  • System Creators
• Bulk Permissions

Set System Permissions

• Click on the Suite Menu icon (), and then navigate to System Settings (Spaces & Settings for Enterprise customers).
• Select the Permissions tab from the top. 
  • If System Settings was selected, click on the Permissions tab at the top.
     
  • If Spaces & Settings was selected, select the Permissions tab at the top.

The administrator permissions are divided into two different categories: System Administrators and System Creators. 

System Administrators

Any Users, Groups, or Roles you list under this option will give these individuals all permissions in Kuali. They can create new apps, view and administer any app (including deleting them), manage all permissions, and view the audit log. It is strongly recommended to keep the list of System Administrators as short as possible.

Note: System Administrator permissions are not the same as creating a user account with the role of 'Admin', and does not grant access to People & Groups. You can only grant access to People & Groups by assigning the 'Admin' role to a user within the user account. More details can be found in the User Permissions guide.

System Creators

This setting allows you to list Users, Groups, or Roles that should have access to create and administer new apps. These users will only have access to edit and administer the apps they have created. 

There is also an option to provide All Authenticated Users the ability to create new apps, but generally this option is used sparingly.

Bulk Permissions

While individuals and small groups of people can be given access throughout the system using the Groups and Roles functionality, at times you may find it necessary to give large groups of people (800+) access to certain parts of Kuali. For example, you may want to make a form available for all faculty on campus, but not students. Rather than using the Kuali Group functionality to give these permissions, we recommend using the Affiliations permission option (See Large Group Support (Affiliations) for more information).