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User Roles: Access and Abilities
User Roles: Access and Abilities
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Written by Toshi Dávila
Updated over 2 weeks ago

There are two kinds of Assembla user roles. These include:

  • Space roles

  • Portfolio roles

Understanding space roles

  • Owner & Payer. Users with owner and payer roles have complete power, including but not limited to:

    • Adding and removing tools.

    • Setting permissions for team members/watchers/non-members.

    • Inviting, promoting, demoting users.

    • Creating new projects.

    • Taking ownership of other projects.

    • Managing billing cycles and paying invoices (payers only).

    • Upgrading and downgrading plans (payers only).

  • Owner. Users with the owner role by default have the ability to edit and update all team member/watcher permissions. They can add and remove tools, invite, promote, and demote team members. Furthermore, they have the ability to create new projects and delete existing projects. They can take ownership of other projects.

  • Team Member. People who have work to do in the space. These users are also called contributors. They can edit most aspects, but they don't have the power to delete projects. They can add and remove tools only if they have ALL permissions.

  • Watcher. These people are clients, investors, or other people who want to see your work. They can submit tickets for bug fixes or feature requests, if they have edit permissions.

  • Non-Members. Members of the Assembla community who have accounts, but aren't part of your project. Users with owner permissions have ability to set permissions for non-members. These users are also known as public watchers in public projects.

Understanding portfolio roles

  • Manager. They have access to all spaces and information. They can also invite other users and update their roles.

  • Core. They are members/owners of your spaces. They can't invite users to a portfolio, however, they can see some reports about their space tickets, activities, and users in the portfolio and the defined access to each space you invited them to in the portfolio.

  • Watcher. They see a start page listing the spaces and activities that they are working on with you and the defined access to each space you invited them to in the portfolio.

For more information on how to adjust the permission settings for each type of role on your team, check out Update Space & Tool Security Settings

If you have any questions or need assistance, please email us at support@assembla.com.

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