# On Demand -How to assign employee type/ role to an employee

Module: CORE Platform
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For every employee, the employee roles assigned to them can be assigned or deleted.

**Important instructions about OPT:**

* You have to search for your employee type first and in that employee type(Like

  **AMANRAIROLE, <USERNAMEROLE>) you have to select employee and area of operation.**

In the dashboard :

* Click on the Hamburger Menu (

  ![](../../../_assets/emojis/emoji_cd6e466599.png)

  ) → Setup → Employees → Employees Roles

  ![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_001_678fd95613.png)![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_002_228b27064e.png)![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_003_7f8a2cce5e.png)

* Select the

  **Employee Type**

  where the employee has been given permission.

  ![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_004_0feb1368f6.png)

* Click on the

  **ADD NEW**

  button.
* Method 1

  -

  **New {Employee Type}**

  option → A form appears with the required fields to be filled.

  ![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_005_af385d2937.png)

* Fill up the form with the Employee Code/ Name along with the Area of Operation(Hub) and click on the

  **Save**

  button.

  ![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_006_2dfbdd55c6.png)

* You’ve successfully assigned the employee to a particular Employee type and hence, given those sets of permissions to that employee.
* Method 2

  -

  **Upload Excel**

  option → A form appears with the required fields to be filled.

  ![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_007_86445264c9.png)

* Click on

  **Select from Computer**

  to upload the Excel sheet.

  ![image.png](/kb-images/on-demand-how-to-assign-employee-type-role-to-an-employee--iim65o8m/img_008_a606ab1994.png)

* One can also drag and drop the file into the space provided in the window.
* You can download a sample Excel file to understand what data has to be entered by clicking on the

  **Download Sample Excel**

  option from the window.
* Click on the

  **Upload**

  and

  **Add**

  button, you’ve successfully added the employees to the particular Employee type and given the set of permissions to them.