Manually adding an API role Start the API Roles (ttmtm6145m000) session. Click New and specify this information: Role Specify the name of the role. Description Specify a description for the role. Allow Switch Identity Select this check box only if API identities using this role should be able to switch to another API identity. If this check box is selected, you must create a whitelist that contains the target API identities. For details, see Identity switching. Click Save. Note: You can now define the route authorizations for the role. See Specifying route authorizations for an API role.