In the left pane of Oracle Identity Administration, under Search, select Roles.

Managing Roles 12-15 ■ Inherited By: This section lists the child roles that are inherited by the open role. This is a read-only display of the roles. You can use the Open Role action to modify the relationship from the base role. In the Hierarchy tab. you can perform the following: ■ Adding a Parent Role to a Child Role ■ Removing a Parent Role from a Role ■ Opening a ParentChild Role

12.5.2.4.3 Adding a Parent Role to a Child Role

To add a parent role to a role: 1. Open the role.

2. Click the Hierarchy tab.

3. Verify that the Inherited From section is active.

4. From the Actions menu, select Add Parent Role. Alternatively, click Add Parent

Role on the toolbar. The Add Inherited Role to: dialog box is displayed. 5. From the Search Roles list, select a role category whose roles you want to search. 6. In the search field, specify a search criterion. You can include wildcard characters in your search criterion. Then, click the search icon. A list of roles that matches your search criterion and selected role category is displayed in the Available Roles list. 7. From the Available Roles list, select one or more roles that you want to add as parent roles. Then, click Move or Move All to move the selected roles to the Roles to Add list.

8. Click Save. The selected roles are added as parent roles to the opened role and the

role hierarchy is displayed in the Inherited From section of the Hierarchy tab. 9. Select the inherited role that is added. A Summary Information of the role selected is displayed below the table.

12.5.2.4.4 Removing a Parent Role from a Role

To remove a parent role from a role: 1. In the Inherited From section of the Hierarchy tab, select the role that you want to remove.

2. From the Actions menu, select Remove Parent Role. Alternatively, click Remove

Parent Role on the toolbar. A message box is displayed asking for confirmation.

3. Click OK. The inherited role is removed from the Inherited From section of the

Hierarchy tab.

12.5.2.4.5 Opening a ParentChild Role

You can open parent roles from the Inherited From section and child roles from the Inherited By section of the Hierarchy tab. Note: is the only wildcard search allowed in Oracle Identity Management Administration.