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# AccessOwl Roles

The following roles in AccessOwl govern permissions within the application. Some roles are assigned explicitly within AccessOwl’s settings, while others are granted implicitly based on a user’s HRIS status or responsibilities as an business owner or admin.

|                                  |                                                      **Org Admin**                                                      |                                                **HR User**                                                |                     **Business Owner**                     |                              **Application Admin**                             |                                       **Manager**                                      |                                               **View-only**                                               |                **User**                |
| :------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------: |
|                                  | Explicitly assigned in the [admin dashboard](https://app.accessowl.io/settings?tab=accessowl-user-roles); highest role. | Explicitly assigned in the [admin dashboard](https://app.accessowl.io/settings?tab=accessowl-user-roles). | Assigned on a per-app basis; can manage apps and app data. | Assigned on a per-app basis; receives provisioning or deprovisioning requests. | Usually assigned automatically via HRIS integration; often used for approval policies. | Explicitly assigned in the [admin dashboard](https://app.accessowl.io/settings?tab=accessowl-user-roles). |    Default role (everyone has this)    |
|          **Permissions**         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|          View all users          |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |                                                            |                           Only for administered apps                           |                                                                                        |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |                                        |
|       View all applications      |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                                                                                           |                     Only for owned apps                    |                           Only for administered apps                           |                                                                                        |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |                                        |
|        Request app access        |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |           <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />           |                     <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                     |                         <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                         |                                                                                                           | <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" /> |
|         Revoke app access        |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |           <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />           |                     <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                     |                         <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                         |                                                                                                           | <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" /> |
|    Add application spend data    |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                                                                                           |           <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />           |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|        Trigger onboarding        |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|        Trigger offboarding       |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |                                                            |                                                                                |                                 Only for direct reports                                |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|  Manage access of direct reports |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                            |                                                                                |                         <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                         |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|    Approve on behalf of others   |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
| Grant access on behalf of others |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|         **Notifications**        |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|          On/Offboarding          |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                   <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                  |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |
|             Shadow IT            |                                          <Icon icon="check" iconType="solid" />                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                        |