Address book roles allow you to give users access to specific contact lists in the Address book module. In contrast to Module roles - Roles & Permissions , that can limit users to perform some operations through all contact lists, with Address book roles you can decide what access type will be associated with a certain contact list.
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To create a new Address book role:
Navigate to the Backstage panel and under Systemadministration click System Setup.
In the left navigation panel switch to Roles and Permissions*.*

Click Roles*.*
Click New and select Address book role.

Provide the new role with the name and description;

Activate the needed functions by selecting the checkboxes available in the list. For example, you can give users some limited permissions, like read-only type. To learn more about each function, see later in this manual.
Save your changes.
Next step is to configure who will have access to the specific contact list.