What is the difference between a role and a permission?
A description of system defined user roles, custom roles you can create for your account, and a list of the available permissions that are associated with roles.
Note: The permissions listed in this article, also apply if you Contact Support from any article on this site. Customer Support is unable to provide troubleshooting assistance unless the user has the applicable roles/permissions for the specific concern.
Roles
These are labels that you assign to a user to give them a pre-determined group of permissions. Here are the system defined roles:
- Super admin: User has all system permissions.
- Admin: User has all system permissions except the ability to add Super admins, manage other Admins, view reports and manage billing information. Admins cannot view the Account section with the admin portal, pay/view invoices, view reports, or access call recordings unless a Super admin has granted those permissions.
- Member: User does not have any system permissions and cannot access the GoTo Admin portal. Cannot add new users, troubleshoot other's devices, They are an end user only.
If you need to change an existing user's role, refer to How do I change a user's role?
If you need a role with different permissions than the system defined roles listed above, you can create a custom role. To create a custom role, refer to How do I manage my roles? The next section contains a list of available permissions which can be used in a custom role.
Permissions
Here are the system permissions currently available which can be used in a custom role:
- Manage licenses: Allows user to assign and revoke product licenses.
- Manage users: Allows user to add, delete, and edit user details.
- Manage user product settings: A subset of the Manage Users permission that allows the user to make changes to product settings for other users.
- Manage user groups: Allows user to add, delete, and edit user groups.
- Manage device groups: Allows user to add, delete, and edit device groups.
- Manage settings templates: Allows user to add, delete, and edit the settings templates.
- Access user history, usage, and data: Allows user to view and export user history, usage and data.
Article last updated: 14 June, 2023
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