system.security.getRoles

Description

Finds the roles that the currently logged in user has, returns them as a Python tuple of strings.

Syntax

system.security.getRoles()

Parameters

none

Returns

PyTuple - A list of the roles (strings) that are assigned to the current user.

Scope

Client

Examples

This would run on a button to prevent certain users from opening a window

if "Supervisor" in system.security.getRoles():

   system.nav.openWindow("ManagementOnly")

else:

   system.gui.errorBox("You don't have sufficient privileges to continue")