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title: Defining a custom role
slug: VUlQVowhVgys4dPjfhzid
createdAt: 2021-05-05T18:33:15.000Z
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When creating a role there are 3 main elements.&#x20;

## Role Label

The user-facing name of the role. You will see the role’s label when applying it to a user, so be clear and accurate.

## Description

A detailed description of what the role permits. This description will appear on the role selection screen when changing a user's role, so we recommend being as descriptive as possible in order to prevent accidentally giving a permission to a user they should not have.

## Permissions

This is a search field that will allow you to search for your custom made permissions or a pre-built permission. There is no limit to the number of permissions that you can assign to a role. The permission **General Allowed&#x20;**&#x69;s the permission for standard Employee Access, and we recommend starting roles with this permission and building up Allow permissions to open access for the role.&#x20;


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☝**Please note&#x20;**&#x74;hat a Deny permission will always override an Allow permission. Read more about how Deny permissions always beat Allow permissions [here](https://docs.charthop.com/s7rriK_Vf7NJN5rGPPbGl#HlJPZ).&#x20;
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