What Are the Different Permission Groups?

There are four different permission groups in vScope:

Admin, Contributor, User and Viewer.

As a user the permission group will enable what kind of functionality you are allowed to use.

Viewer User Contributor Admin
Login to vScope Ο Ο Ο Ο
Access Table Explorer (Restricted) Ο Ο Ο
Access tables (Restricted) Ο Ο Ο
Build tables X Ο Ο Ο
Access Dashboard X Ο Ο Ο
Access Tracker X Ο Ο Ο
Access API X Ο Ο Ο
Use Omnisearch X Ο Ο Ο
Create Tracker cases X X Ο Ο
Access Tag Manager X X Ο Ο
Access Discovery Manager X X X Ο
Access Settings page X X X Ο
Manage users X X X Ο
Manage integration X X X Ο
Service Mapping
View Service Cards (Restricted) Ο Ο Ο
Edit Service Cards X (Restricted) Ο Ο
Billing
View Billing Overview X X Ο Ο
Manage Price Lists X X Ο Ο

Detailed description

Admins (highest permission)

Full administrator rights. Can access Discovery Manager to add/remove/change what’s to be inventoried by vScope. An admin can also access the setting page and add/remove users locally or through Active Directory integration.

Contributors

This permission group can contribute to vScope by adding tags and notations to resources. They can also manage Tracker cases. However, they cannot manage users, settings or Discovery manager.

Users

Users can access all data, Tracker cases, and build tables on their own. They are not allowed to manage vScope settings or the Discovery manager.

Viewers (lowest permission)
A viewer can only read the information provided for them by the other user groups. For example, different tables are shared with them directly or provided for this specific viewer group. They have very limited access to vScope and cannot build, access, or browse information beyond what has been shared with them.

Extended Permission Groups

IT Service Viewers

This group provides Viewers with read access to IT services.

Service Mapping Editor

This group provides Users and Viewers create and edit access to IT services.

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