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slug: /manage/users-roles/roles
title: Manage Roles
description: Roles determine the functions that users are able to perform in Sumo Logic and the data they can view.
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/manage/users-roles/roles/
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This guide has information about creating and managing Sumo Logic roles. In Sumo Logic, an administrator controls access to capabilities and data by assigning capabilities and search filters to roles, and then assigning user to roles. For more information, see [Role-Based Access Control](/docs/manage/users-roles/roles/role-based-access-control/).

:::note
To manage users and roles, you must have the administrator role or your role must have been assigned the [Manage Users and Roles capability](/docs/manage/users-roles/roles/role-capabilities/#user-management).
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[**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui/). To access the Roles page, in the main Sumo Logic menu select **Administration**, and then under **Users and Roles** select **Roles**. You can also click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Roles**. 

[**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). To access the Roles page, in the main Sumo Logic menu select **Administration > Users and Roles > Roles**. 

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:::tip
You can use Terraform to manage roles with the [`sumologic_role_v2`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/SumoLogic/sumologic/latest/docs/resources/role_v2) resource.

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In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/users-roles/roles/role-based-access-control')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/role-based-access.png')} alt="User icon" width="40"/><h4>Role-Based Access Control</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to grant access and capabilities to data in Sumo Logic using roles.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/users-roles/roles/create-manage-roles')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/role-based-access.png')} alt="User icon" width="40"/><h4>Create and Manage Roles</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to create custom roles for your users.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/users-roles/roles/role-capabilities')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/role-based-access.png')} alt="User icon" width="40"/><h4>Role Capabilities</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to assign various capabilities while creating user roles.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/users-roles/roles/construct-search-filter-for-role')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/role-based-access.png')} alt="User icon" width="40"/><h4>Construct a Search Filter for a Role</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to define a search filter for a role.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/users-roles/roles/add-remove-users-role')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/operations/role-based-access.png')} alt="User icon" width="40"/><h4>Add or Remove Users from a Role</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to change the default assignment of roles to users.</p>
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