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Access Advisor

Examine a user's permissions​

Admins can use the Access Advisor to check what permissions a user has.

While it resembles the Permission Manager, the Access Advisor provides a simplified, read-only view of the combined permissions inherited by the user from all the roles and groups they're assigned to.

To examine the permissions of a user:

  1. Open the Permissions dashboard card and select Users.

  2. In the right panel, select a user from the search results to view their details.

  3. Select More in the action bar and choose Access advisor.

Selecting Access Advisor in the More Actions menu

Key features​

An overview of the Access Advisor with key areas numbered

1 User name​

The name of the user you're examining is displayed at the top.

2 Categories column​

This column lists the available data categories. Select a category to list any configured objects in the Objects column.

Category article links

If you're unfamiliar with any data categories, follow the links below to visit their help articles.

3 Objects column​

This column lists objects in the selected data category. To filter the list by one or more keywords, use the top search box.

It only lists objects with permissions set directly or inherited from an interface. If an object isn't listed, the user has no permission to access it.

Select an object to show its permission settings in the Permissions column.

4 Attributes column​

This column only appears if a design or interface is selected in the Objects column. To filter the list by one or more keywords, use the top search box.

It only lists attributes with permissions set directly or inherited from an interface. If an attribute isn't listed, the user has no permission to access it.

The colour of an attribute's icon indicates its permission status:

  • ​ Read only

  • ​ Read write

Select an attribute to show its permission settings in the Permissions column.

5 Permissions column​

This column displays the permission settings of the selected object or attribute. They appear dimmed to indicate that they aren't editable.

6 Save button​

The Access Advisor is read-only, so the Save button is always dimmed. To finish, select in the top-right corner.