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title: "03. Assigning & Managing an Employee/User's Permissions"
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# 03. Assigning & Managing an Employee/User's Permissions

### **03. Assigning & Managing an Employee/User's Permissions**

**Employee/User Permissions: Assigning & Managing and Employee/User's Permissions**

Contract Insight allows administrators to assign security permissions to individual employees or to security groups which employees can be assigned to.

**To assign permissions to an individual employee**

1. Go to the **Employee Details** screen for the employee/user for whom permissions are to be managed.

2. Click the **Manage Permissions** link on the side menu.

![Manage Permissions](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/1(300).png)

3. The **Employee Permissions** (for non-administrators) screen opens.

4. Go to the **Manage Individual Permissions for Non-Administrators** section.

![Manage Individual Permissions](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/2(124).png)

5. To assign permissions, click/highlight the permission line item in the **Available Permissions** box and click the **blue arrow** to add the permission to the **Assigned Permissions** box.

6. To un-assign permissions, click/highlight the permission line item in the **Assigned Permissions** box and click the **red arrow** to remove the permission from the **Assigned Permissions** box.

**To Assign an Employee/User to a Security Group:**

1. Navigate to the **Employee Permissions** (for non-administrators) screen and go to the **Manage Security Groups for Non-Administrators** section.

![Manage Security Groups for Non-Administrators](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/3(96).png)

2. To assign a security group to the employee, click/highlight the security group line item in the **Available Security Groups** box and click the **blue arrow** to add the security group to the **Assigned Security Groups** box.

3. To un-assign a security group to the employee, click/highlight the security group line item in the **Assigned Security Groups** box and click the **red arrow** to remove the security group from the box.

**To Assign Additional Departments/Divisions to an Employee/User**

1. Go to the **Employee Permissions** (for non-administrators) screen and go to the **Assign Additional Contracting** **Departments/Divisions for Non-Administrators** section.

![Departments/Divisions for Non-Administrators](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/4(71).png)

2. To assign a security group to the employee, click/highlight the security group line item in the **Available Departments** box and click the **blue arrow** to add the security group to the **Assigned Departments** box.

3. To un-assign a security group to the employee, click/highlight the security group line item in the **Assigned Departments** box and click the **red arrow** to remove the security group from the box.

![Security Group Removal](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/03.-assigning-amp-managing-an-employeeusers-permissions-image-u6lh5zka.gif)