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title: Activating Field Security Permissions
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/activating-field-security-permissions
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:26.569Z
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Photos of users in the Social Board are stored using several fields in the **Employee** business object. For users to be able to successfully upload a photo, you must provide edit permissions to the fields relative to a given role.

For example, to activate the necessary field permissions for users logged in as Self Service, do the following:

1. From the Configuration Console, select **Configure **>** Users and Permissions **>** Roles and Permissions** to view the **Groups** workspace. The list of roles appears.
2. Select **Self Service**. The **Role Details** page appears.
3. Select the **Object Permissions** tab, then from the **Select Page** drop-down menu, navigate to the employee business object.
4. Click the arrow next to **Employee** to expand the list of permissions.

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*Field-Level Permissions*
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5. Check **Edit** permissions (check the second column) for the following fields in the employee business object:
   - EmployeeInformation
   - EmployeePhoto
   - EmployeePhotoName
   - EmployeePhotoRevision
   - LastModBy
   - LastModDateTime

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*Edit Permissions*
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6. Click **Save**.

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Social Board management functionality is now activated in existing customer databases.
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The following roles have edit permissions activated by default for the **Employee** business object:

- Admin
- Change Manager
- Knowledge Manager
- Problem Manager
- Release Manager
- Self Service
- Service Desk Analyst
- Service Desk Manager
- Service Owner

You must set the field permissions for all other roles.