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Roles

CMS roles define what kind of tasks  you can do.
When you or your supervisor requests a CMS account for the first time, a user administrator will give your account one or more roles based on what kind of content you need to be able to create and whether you you will be just editing drafts, or if you will also be publishing finalized content to VA.gov. Below are some of the types of roles you may be assigned.

Editorial workflow roles

These roles define what kinds of tasks you are allowed to perform in the editorial workflow. These are the two most common editorial workflows assigned to CMS accounts:

• Editor: Can edit draft content
• Publisher: Can edit and publish content to VA.gov. Can also archive content to remove it from VA.gov

Content creation roles

If you work in any of the below products, a CMS user administrator will assign your account the appropriate creation role. Not every product has a dedicated content creator role, but a few do.

Products with dedicated content creation roles

• Outreach hub
• Resources and support
• Regional office
• VA Medical Center (VAMC)
• Vet Center

Content creator roles define what content types you can create.
Once you've been assigned a content creation role, you'll be able to create new content using your product's content types.

For example, if you work with the VA Medical Center (VAMC) product, you'll be assigned the role "Content creator-VAMC," which will allow you to create new Events, News Releases, Staff profiles, VAMC system banner alerts with situation updates, and all other content types associated with VAMC.

Sections

Sections define what VA.gov content you can edit.
VA.gov sections are divided out by the different administrations within VA, such as Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA), etc. Each administration contains subsections with different web products, such as the VHA healthcare benefits hub, or VAMC facilities.

Anyone with access to higher level sections can also edit those below.
Users given permission to a higher level section automatically have permission to edit content in any section beneath it. For example, someone with permission to edit the bolded section can also edit all the VA health care systems below it. 

• VHA
  •  VAMC facilities
    • VISN 4
      • VA Altoona
      • VA Butler
      • VA Coatesville
      • VA Erie
      • VA Lebanon
      • VA Philadelphia
      • VA Pittsburgh
      • VA Willkes-Barre
      • VA Wilmington

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