You or a System Administrator has downloaded business packages from SAP Business Suite.
The Role from Package option - accessed from the context menu of the folder that you select to contain it - enables you to upload roles from Business Suite packages that have been downloaded to the portal.
You can filter the list of available roles by business package, by role name, or by current use in the Portal Catalog. When you upload the selected role, it is added to the destination folder in the Portal Catalog.
You can also upload roles from back-end systems to a selected folder in the Portal Catalog. See Uploading Roles from Back-End Systems .
You can view roles from packages and check their connectivity to back-end systems. See Viewing Roles from Packages and Checking Role Connectivity