What access levels / user roles are there?

User roles and permissions are essential for ensuring security within the Radar workspace. Permissions dictate what actions users can perform on a project or view basis, while roles define sets of permissions that regulate access to various features, reports, and projects on a broader scale.

Radar offers four distinct roles and access levels:

Owner

Owners enjoy comprehensive access to the workspace, including all features and settings. They can configure fields, manage subscriptions and user accounts, create, access, and edit all projects, generate status reports, review activity streams, and deactivate the workspace.

Admin

Admins have similar rights to Owners but with limited administrative capabilities. They cannot invite, edit, or delete users, manage billing and payments, or access the activity stream.

Reporter

Reporters can manage their own projects and status reports, including adding and editing them. With special permission, they may also access and edit views and the projects of other users.

Viewer

Viewers can only access and edit projects and views for which they have been granted permission. This includes the ability to create and submit status reports for those projects.

Every user in a Radar workspace is assigned a role. The first user to register the workspace is automatically designated as the Owner. Subsequent users receive their roles upon invitation by an Owner.

Only Workspace Owners have the authority to grant or revoke global access, adjusting user profiles as needed. Other roles do not possess the ability to alter their own or others’ role assignments.

To accommodate varying security and access needs, certain viewing and editing permissions can be tailored through groups and on a per-project basis. By sharing a view with a group, all members can receive the same permissions regardless of their individual roles. Additionally, a user with limited Reporter rights can be granted editing access to projects created by others, allowing for flexible permissions across different projects and views without overriding their global access.