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User Roles

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You assign roles to different users according to their relevant areas of expertise. You can use roles to group sets of privileges that are relevant to a particular task or set of tasks.

Role-based access control offers several advantages in Acrolinx:

  • Assign multiple sets of privileges to a single user.

  • Align the users and teams that work with Acrolinx to your organizational structure.

  • Centrally update the privileges for many users. Any changes to a role are automatically inherited by all users with that particular role.

  • Ensure consistency of privileges for a specific group of users.

  • Reuse the same set of privileges. You can assign existing roles to a new user. For example, if you employ a second guidance administrator you can reuse the same privileges that you assigned to your current guidance administrator.

  • Easier setup and distinction of users. With roles, administrators can directly identify each user's areas of expertise.

Acrolinx comes installed with a number of preconfigured roles that are common in many organizations that use Acrolinx. In the Dashboard, you'll see an overview of the roles on the Roles page in the Users section. The activated Privileges are displayed next to each role. Super administrators can add new roles or edit the preconfigured roles. Roles are editable unless indicated otherwise.

The preconfigured roles in Acrolinx are:

Role

Typical Use Case

Analytics Read-Only User

Analytics read-only users access the overview pages of Acrolinx Analytics. They view Scorecards and reports.

Note

You can't edit this role.

Author

Authors write content. They use Acrolinx to check their texts for alignment with the organization's guidelines.

Super Administrator

Super administrators have all privileges available. This role is assigned to the default user admin.

Note

You can't edit this role.

Term Browser Administrator

The Term Browser administrator has access to Terminology.

Note

You can't edit this role.

Term Browser User

The Term Browser user has access to the Acrolinx Term Browser.

Note

You can't edit this role.

Term Contributor

Term contributors use the Term Contribution component to propose new terms for the terminology database or add comments to existing terms.