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Access roles - permissions and scopes overview

Written by Justyna Kawalec

This feature is currently being rolled out across Float. If you don’t see it in your account yet, it will be available to your team in the coming weeks - stay tuned! For more details, see the Access roles FAQ.


Until then, see the Access rights article for how existing permission levels work.

Detailed permissions and their scopes

Can view

Can view controls the people and projects a user can view. Any permissions that work with people and projects below start from this selection.
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Additionally, in a person's or guest's Access tab, you can choose the specific department (s) they can view.

Can view specific departments permission.


Can view: People

Defines which people they can see:

  • Self - Can view themselves

  • Managed - If they manage people, they can view them

  • Project teams - If they can edit projects, they can view the people on the projects they own, and the people on projects they can edit

  • Assigned to - Can view people on projects that they are assigned to

  • Own department - can view people in their own departments. Select other departments in the person on guest access tab

  • All people

Can view: Projects

Defines which projects they see:

  • Their projects - Can view projects they own, they can edit, they’ve been assigned to, or that have people on them that they manage or that are in departments they can view

  • All projects

Can view: Financial data

Controls access to financial data, such as bill rates, cost rates, financial budgets, and expenses. Turn on to enable selecting permissions for what a user can access. Toggle off to remove all access to financial data.

Permissions and access

Controls what and/or who users can view and edit. You can toggle each section on or off to revoke all access, or adjust the scope of individual permissions.

Schedule

  • Manage allocations - Can create, edit, and delete allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit

    • Create - Can create allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit

      • People:
        - Self - For themselves
        - People they can view - Every person they can view

      • Projects:
        - Owned - Projects they own
        - Their projects  - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to
        - Projects they can view - Every project they can view

      Edit - Can edit allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit

      • Self - Only their own allocations

      • Self and on owned projects - Their own allocations, and allocations on projects they own

      • Self and on their projects - Their own allocations, and allocations on projects they own, they can edit, they've been assigned to

      • Allocations they can view - Every allocation their people and projects view setting allows them to see

    • Edit status - Can edit the status of allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit

      • Self - Only their own allocations

      • Self and on owned projects - Their own allocations, and allocations on projects they own

      • Self and on their projects - Their own allocations, and allocations on projects they own, they can edit, they've been assigned to

      • Allocations they can view - Every allocation their people and projects view setting allows them to see

    • Delete - Can delete allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

      • Self - Only their own allocations

      • Self and on owned projects - Their own allocations, and allocations on projects they own

      • Self and on their projects - Their own allocations, and allocations on projects they own, they can edit, they've been assigned to

      • Allocations they can view - Every allocation their people and projects view setting allows them to see

  • Manage time off - Can create, edit, and delete time off, and approve or reject time off requests when time off approvals are on, for people they can schedule on projects they can edit

    • Create - Can create time off

      • Self - For themselves

      • Managed - For people they manage

      • People they can view - For every person they can view

    • Edit - Edit time off entries

      • Self - Only their own time off

      • Managed - Time off entries for people they manage

      • Time off they can view - For every person they can view

    • Delete - Remove time off entries

      • Self - Only their own time off

      • Managed - Time off entries for people they manage

      • Time off they can view - For every person they can view

    • Approve - Can approve or reject time off requests when time off approvals are on

      • Managed - Time off entries for people they manage

      • Time off they can view - For every person they can view
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  • Manage person status - Manages working location statuses (Home, Office, Travel) on the schedule.

    • Self - Can manage their own status

    • Managed - Can manage the status of the people they manage

    • Self and managed - Can manage their own status and the status of people they manage

    • People they can view - Can manage the status of every person they can view
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  • Manage saved views - Can create, edit, and delete saved views

    • Create - Can add saved views

      • Personal - Saved views only they can see

      • Shared - Saved views everyone in the company can see

    • Edit - Can edit saved views

      • Self - Only their own saved views

      • Owned - Saved views they own

      • All saved views - Every saved view in the company

    • Delete - Can delete saved views

      • Self - Only their own saved views

      • Owned - Saved views they own

      • All saved views - Every saved view in the company

People and access

  • View people page - Can view the People page

  • Manage people and access - Can add, edit, and delete people and their access

    • Create people and accounts - Can add new people to the schedule, and can invite people and guests to sign in

    • Edit people - Can update a person’s details, role, and settings. Archiving someone who has a login account also requires Delete people and remove access, because archiving removes their access.

    • Edit access - Can edit the names and sign-in email addresses of people and guests before they accept their invite

      • Self - Can edit their own sign-in and profile details

      • Everyone with access - Can edit the sign-in and profile details of anyone who can sign in

    • Assign access roles and overrides - Which access roles they can assign to people and guests in your company. Can customize individual permissions on top of the assigned access role. Can only grant access equal to or lesser than the assigner’s own.

      • All access roles - every access role in the workspace

      • Specific default or custom access role/s 

    • Assign direct reports - Can assign people as direct reports to a manager within scope

    • Delete people and remove access - Can permanently delete people and remove their sign-in access

  • Manage people's finances - Can view and manage cost rates and bill rates for people they can view

    • View person cost rates

      • Add/update

    • View person bill rates

      • Add/update

Projects

  • View projects page - Can view the Projects page

  • Manage projects - Can create, edit, and delete projects

    • Create - Can create projects

    • Edit - Can edit projects

      • Owned - Projects they own

      • Their projects - Projects they own and projects they've been assigned to

      • Projects they can view - Every project they can view

    • Create clients - Can create new clients from the project side panel.

    • Manage phases - Can create, edit, and delete phases

      • Create

        • Owned - Projects they own

        • Their projects - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Project they can view - Every project they can view

      • Edit

        • Owned - Phases in projects they own

        • Phases in their projects - In projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Phases they can view - In every project they can view

      • Delete

        • Owned - Phases in projects they own

        • Phases in their projects - In projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Phases they can view - In every project they can view

    • Manage tasks - Can create and edit tasks and override locked task lists.

      • Create

        • Owned - In projects they own

        • Their projects - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Project they can view - Every project they can view

      • Edit

        • Owned - In projects they own

        • Tasks in their projects - In projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Tasks they can view - In every project they can view

      • Override locked task list - Can add tasks when scheduling or logging time, when the task list is locked.

        • Owned - Projects they own

        • Their projects - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Projects they can view - Every project they can view

    • Manage milestones - Can add, edit, and delete project milestones.

      • Owned - Projects they own

      • Their projects - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

      • Projects they can view - Every project they can view

    • Manage estimates - Can add, edit, and delete project estimates in hours. Requires project finance permissions to see financial data.

    • Delete - Can permanently delete projects

      • Owned - Projects they own

      • Projects they can view - Every project they can view

  • Manage templates - Can create, edit, and delete project templates

    • Create - Can add new project templates

    • Edit - Can edit existing project templates

      • Owned - Project templates they created

      • Templates they can view - Every project template they can view

    • Delete - Can delete existing project templates

      • Owned - Project templates they created

      • Templates they can view - Every project template they can view

  • Manage project finances - Can view rate cards and financial budgets. Can create, edit and delete expenses and expense categories.

    • View rate cards - Can view and use rate cards to set bill rates on projects

    • View financial budget - Can view financial budget data on projects that have a budget. Requires “View person bill rates” to see finance-based budgets.

    • Manage expenses - Can create, edit, and delete expenses

      • Owned - Projects they own

      • Their projects - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

      • Projects they can view - Every project they can view

    • Manage expense categories - Can create, edit, and delete expense categories

Dashboards and reports

  • People - Can access the people operations dashboard and people reports for the people they can view

    • People operations dashboard - Can view the People operations dashboard

    • People reports - Can view people reports

  • Projects - Can access the project finance dashboard and project reports for the projects they can view

    • Project finance dashboard - Can view the Project finance dashboard

    • Projects reports - Can view project reports

Time tracking

  • View log team page - Can view the Log team page

  • Manage logged time - Can add, edit, and delete logged times for people and projects they can view

    • Create - Can add logged time entries

      • People:

        • Self - For themselves

        • People they can view - For every person they can view

      • Projects:

        • Owned - Projects they own

        • Their projects - Projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

        • Projects they can view - Every project they can view

    • Edit - Can edit logged time entries

      • Self - Only their own logged time

      • Self and owned projects - Their own logged time and time on projects they own

      • Self and on their projects - Their own logged time, and logged time on projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

      • Logged times they can view - Every logged time entry their view permissions reach

    • Delete - Delete logged time entries for scoped people and projects

      • Self - Only their own logged time

      • Self and owned projects - Their own logged time and time on projects they own

      • Self and on their projects - Their own logged time, and logged time on projects they own, they can edit, or they've been assigned to

      • Logged times they can view - Every logged time entry their view permissions reach

  • Overwrite locked logged time period - Can log, edit, and delete logged time when the time period is locked

Data studio

  • Configure roles - Can add, edit, and delete roles for the company

  • Configure clients - Can add, edit, and delete clients for the company

  • Configure rate cards - Can add, edit, and delete rate cards for the company

Company settings

  • Manage plans and billing - Can access Company settings for plans and billing, edit the plan and seat count, update billing details, and view invoice history

  • Manage security - Can access Company settings for security and configure SSO, two-factor authentication, and domain restrictions

  • Configure access roles - Can access Company settings for access rights, and add, edit, and delete access roles

  • Configure admin settings - Can access and manage the company admin settings, including work schedule, currencies, time tracking, guests, time off, projects, statuses, tags, departments, activity, and share links.
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    ​📝Note: Only the Account Owner can generate the API key, set up integrations, manage company notifications, edit the company name or URL, and delete the company to terminate the subscription.

Permissions of the default access roles

Admin

Section

Permission

Description

Can view

People

Which people they can see.

All people

Can view

Projects

Which projects they can see.

All projects

Can view

Financial data

Controls access to financial data. Toggle on to enable selection of permissions that provide access to financial data. Toggle off to revoke all access to financial data.

On

Schedule

Manage allocations

Can create, edit and delete allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Full access

Schedule

Manage time offs

Can create, edit, and delete time offs and approve/reject time off requests for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Full access

Schedule

Manage person status

Manages working location statuses (Home, Office, Travel) on the schedule.

Full access

Schedule

Manage saved views

Can create, edit and delete saved views.

Full access

People and access

View people page

Can view the people page.

Full access

People and access

Manage people and access

Can add, edit, and delete people and their accounts.

Full access

People and access

Manage people's finances

Can view and manage cost rates and bill rates for people within scope.

Full access

Projects

View projects page

Can view the projects page.

Full access

Projects

Manage projects

Can create, edit and delete projects. Note: this also includes a sub-permission for "manage estimates".

Full access

Projects

Manage templates

Can create, edit, and delete project templates.

Full access

Projects

Manage project finances

Can view rate cards and financial budgets. Can create, edit and delete expenses and expense categories.

Full access

Dashboards and reports

People

Can view the people operations dashboard and people reports for the people they can see.

Full access

Dashboards and reports

Projects

Can view the project finance dashboard and projects reports for the projects they can see.

Full access

Time tracking

View log team page

Can view the log team page.

Full access

Time tracking

Manage logged times

Can add, edit and delete logged times for scoped people and projects.

Full access

Time tracking

Override locked logged time period

Can still log, edit, and delete time entries even when the time period is locked.

Full access

Data studio

Configure roles

Can add, edit, and delete roles for the company.

Full access

Data studio

Configure clients

Can add, edit, and delete clients for the company.

Full access

Data studio

Configure rate cards

Can add, edit, and delete rate cards for the company.

Full access

Company settings

Manage plans and billing

Can view and edit team’s plan, seat count, billing details and invoice history.

No access

Company settings

Manage security

Can access security settings, set up SSO, two-factor authentication and domain restrictions.

No access

Company settings

Configure access roles

Can add, edit, and delete access roles and permissions.

Full access

Company settings

Configure admin settings

Can access company-wide admin settings including work schedule, currencies, time tracking, guests, time off, projects, statuses, tags, departments, activity, and share links.

Full access

Learn more about the default Admin's permissions in the Admin access role article.

Resource Manager

Section

Permission

Description

Can view

People

Which people they can see.

All people

Can view

Projects

Which projects they can see.

Their projects + All non-draft projects

Can view

Financial data

Controls access to financial data. Toggle on to enable selection of permissions that provide access to financial data. Toggle off to revoke all access to financial data.

Off

Schedule

Manage allocations

Can create, edit and delete allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Full access

Schedule

Manage time offs

Can create, edit, and delete time offs and approve/reject time off requests for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Themselves and people they manage

Schedule

Manage person status

Manages working location statuses (Home, Office, Travel) on the schedule.

Themselves and people they manage

Schedule

Manage saved views

Can create, edit and delete saved views.

Can create personal & shared views. Can only edit or delete those they've created

People and access

View people page

Can view the people page.

Full access

People and access

Manage people and access

Can add, edit, and delete people and their accounts.

Can update account details only for themselves

People and access

Manage people's finances

Can view and manage cost rates and bill rates for people within scope.

No access

Projects

View projects page

Can view the projects page.

Full access

Projects

Manage projects

Can create, edit and delete projects. Note: this also includes a sub-permission for "manage estimates".

Cannot create projects, but can edit projects they're allowed to view. Cannot manage estimates

Projects

Manage templates

Can create, edit, and delete project templates.

No access

Projects

Manage project finances

Can view rate cards and financial budgets. Can create, edit and delete expenses and expense categories.

No access

Dashboards and reports

People

Can view the people operations dashboard and people reports for the people they can see.

Full access

Dashboards and reports

Projects

Can view the project finance dashboard and projects reports for the projects they can see.

Can view project reports but not the Project finance dashboard

Time tracking

View log team page

Can view the log team page.

Full access

Time tracking

Manage logged times

Can add, edit and delete logged times for scoped people and projects.

Self only. Can log time to any project they can see

Time tracking

Override locked logged time period

Can still log, edit, and delete time entries even when the time period is locked.

Full access

Data studio

Configure roles

Can add, edit, and delete roles for the company.

No access

Data studio

Configure clients

Can add, edit, and delete clients for the company.

No access

Data studio

Configure rate cards

Can add, edit, and delete rate cards for the company.

No access

Company settings

Manage plans and billing

Can view and edit team’s plan, seat count, billing details and invoice history.

No access

Company settings

Manage security

Can access security settings, set up SSO, two-factor authentication and domain restrictions.

No access

Company settings

Configure access roles

Can add, edit, and delete access roles and permissions.

No access

Company settings

Configure admin settings

Can access company-wide admin settings including work schedule, currencies, time tracking, guests, time off, projects, statuses, tags, departments, activity, and share links.

No access

Learn more about the default Resource Manager's permissions in the Resource Manager access role article.

Project Manager

Section

Permission

Description

Can view

People

Which people they can see.

Can see themselves, anyone they manage, people on the projects they own or can edit, and people on projects they are assigned to (that they're not the owner of)

Can view

Projects

Which projects they can see.

Their projects (only)

Can view

Financial data

Controls access to financial data. Toggle on to enable selection of permissions that provide access to financial data. Toggle off to revoke all access to financial data.

On (with limits)

Schedule

Manage allocations

Can create, edit and delete allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Can create allocations for people they can view, but can only edit allocations for themselves and people on their projects.

Schedule

Manage time offs

Can create, edit, and delete time offs and approve/reject time off requests for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Themselves and people they manage

Schedule

Manage person status

Manages working location statuses (Home, Office, Travel) on the schedule.

Themselves and people they manage

Schedule

Manage saved views

Can create, edit and delete saved views.

Can create personal & shared views. Can only edit or delete those they've created

People and access

View people page

Can view the people page.

Full access

People and access

Manage people and access

Can add, edit, and delete people and their accounts.

Can update account details only for themselves

People and access

Manage people's finances

Can view and manage cost rates and bill rates for people within scope.

Can view bill rates (rate cards), but not cost rates

Projects

View projects page

Can view the projects page.

Full access

Projects

Manage projects

Can create, edit and delete projects.
​Note: this also includes a sub-permission for "manage estimates".

Can create projects and edit projects they either own or apart of, but can only delete projects that they own

Projects

Manage templates

Can create, edit, and delete project templates.

Can create project templates, but can only edit and delete those they own

Projects

Manage project finances

Can view rate cards and financial budgets. Can create, edit and delete expenses and expense categories.

Can view rate cards and financial budgets on all projects they own or are apart of. Can manage expenses, but only for projects they can edit.

Dashboards and reports

People

Can view the people operations dashboard and people reports for the people they can see.

No access

Dashboards and reports

Projects

Can view the project finance dashboard and projects reports for the projects they can see.

Can view project reports but not the Project finance dashboard

Time tracking

View log team page

Can view the log team page.

Full access

Time tracking

Manage logged times

Can add, edit and delete logged times for scoped people and projects.

Self and anyone on projects they own or are apart of

Time tracking

Override locked logged time period

Can still log, edit, and delete time entries even when the time period is locked.

Full access

Data studio

Configure roles

Can add, edit, and delete roles for the company.

No access

Data studio

Configure clients

Can add, edit, and delete clients for the company.

No access

Data studio

Configure rate cards

Can add, edit, and delete rate cards for the company.

No access

Company settings

Manage plans and billing

Can view and edit team’s plan, seat count, billing details and invoice history.

No access

Company settings

Manage security

Can access security settings, set up SSO, two-factor authentication and domain restrictions.

No access

Company settings

Configure access roles

Can add, edit, and delete access roles and permissions.

No access

Company settings

Configure admin settings

Can access company-wide admin settings including work schedule, currencies, time tracking, guests, time off, projects, statuses, tags, departments, activity, and share links.

No access

Learn more about the default Project Manager's permissions in the Project Manager access role article.

Member

Section

Permission

Description

Can view

People

Which people they can see.

Can see themselves, anyone they manage, and people on projects they own

Can view

Projects

Which projects they can see.

Their projects only

Can view

Financial data

Controls access to financial data. Toggle on to enable selection of permissions that provide access to financial data. Toggle off to revoke all access to financial data.

Off

Schedule

Manage allocations

Can create, edit and delete allocations for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Cannot change anything about the Schedule except for the "allocation status" (tentative/confrimed/completed) of those allocations assigned to them.

Schedule

Manage time offs

Can create, edit, and delete time offs and approve/reject time off requests for people they can schedule on the projects they can edit.

Themselves and people they manage

Schedule

Manage person status

Manages working location statuses (Home, Office, Travel) on the schedule.

Themselves and people they manage

Schedule

Manage saved views

Can create, edit and delete saved views.

Personal saved views only.

People and access

View people page

Can view the people page.

No access

People and access

Manage people and access

Can add, edit, and delete people and their accounts.

Can update account details only for themselves

People and access

Manage people's finances

Can view and manage cost rates and bill rates for people within scope.

No access

Projects

View projects page

Can view the projects page.

No access

Projects

Manage projects

Can create, edit and delete projects. Note: this also includes a sub-permission for "manage estimates".

No access

Projects

Manage templates

Can create, edit, and delete project templates.

No access

Projects

Manage project finances

Can view rate cards and financial budgets. Can create, edit and delete expenses and expense categories.

No access

Dashboards and reports

People

Can view the people operations dashboard and people reports for the people they can see.

People report only, data visibility based on "can view" permission scope above

Dashboards and reports

Projects

Can view the project finance dashboard and projects reports for the projects they can see.

Project report only; data visibility based on the can view permission scope above

Time tracking

View log team page

Can view the log team page.

Full access

Time tracking

Manage logged times

Can add, edit and delete logged times for scoped people and projects.

Self only. Can log time only to the projects they're a part of

Time tracking

Override locked logged time period

Can still log, edit, and delete time entries even when the time period is locked.

No access

Data studio

Configure roles

Can add, edit, and delete roles for the company.

No access

Data studio

Configure clients

Can add, edit, and delete clients for the company.

No access

Data studio

Configure rate cards

Can add, edit, and delete rate cards for the company.

No access

Company settings

Manage plans and billing

Can view and edit team’s plan, seat count, billing details and invoice history.

No access

Company settings

Manage security

Can access security settings, set up SSO, two-factor authentication and domain restrictions.

No access

Company settings

Configure access roles

Can add, edit, and delete access roles and permissions.

No access

Company settings

Configure admin settings

Can access company-wide admin settings including work schedule, currencies, time tracking, guests, time off, projects, statuses, tags, departments, activity, and share links.

No access

Learn more about the default Member permissions in the Member access role article.

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