Viewpoint roles provide a convenient method of managing Data Mover permissions, particularly when dealing with groups of users. Data Mover user permissions can be granted to Viewpoint roles in the same manner as they are granted to individual Viewpoint users. This makes managing groups of users easier by allowing you to define roles with certain Data Mover permissions and grant that role to the users, instead of having to grant those permissions to each user separately.
Using Viewpoint roles is recommended when you have a group or groups of users who require the same set of permissions.
Granting a group of users the same role does not mean those users will have access to all of the same jobs. Individual users can be granted multiple roles as well as permissions not included in a role. Roles provide a method of centrally maintaining a set of permissions; therefore, roles can be used even if certain users within the group need different permissions than the other users.