<h2>Reporting roles</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="reference" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Reporting roles" /><meta name="abstract" content="Reporting is installed with roles that limit report creation. Access control lists (ACLs) can also limit report viewing and creation." /><meta name="description" content="Reporting is installed with roles that limit report creation. 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Access control lists (ACLs) can also limit report viewing and creation.</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-roles__id_h4t_pf4_jyb"> <div class="p"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ul class="ul" id="reporting-roles__ul_vtx_lrv_rv"><li class="li">Users must have the report_user role to see the <span class="ph uicontrol">Reports</span> module on the application navigator (left navigation pane).</li><li class="li">Users with any reporting role or the itil role can access the following report options for all reports that are visible to them: <span class="ph uicontrol">Insert</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Insert and Stay</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Add to Dashboard</span>, and <span class="ph uicontrol">Export to PDF</span>.</li></ul> </div> </div> <p class="p">To learn more about managing per-user subscriptions, see <a class="xref" href="../administer/subscription-management/concept/managing-user-subscriptions-v2.dita/managing-user-subscriptions-v2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Managing per-user subscriptions in Subscription Management</a> and contact your account representative.</p> <p class="p">In the following table, the term manage indicates access to the following report options: <span class="ph uicontrol">Update</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Delete</span>, and <span class="ph uicontrol">Export settings</span>.</p> <div class="p"> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="reporting-roles__table_isw_rsc_gr" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 1. </span>Report roles</span></caption><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d302504e116">Role title[name]</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d302504e119">Description</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d302504e122">Contains roles</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">No role</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can view reports that are shared with them.</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">ACL-based</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">The report_view access controls on tables and fields limits the ability to read, edit and create reports. Administrators can create other ACL rules. You need a role that gives you access to the data that is the subject of the report. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="../task/t_RestrictRepCreationWAnACLRule.html" title="Create an access control list rule to restrict who can create a report on a table, data source, or database view.">Restrict report creation with an ACL rule</a> and <a class="xref" href="../concept/report-view-access-control.html" title="The report_view operation is a record type access control list (ACL) that restricts access to reports. Only users who have one of the required roles can view reports that contain the restricted resource.">Report_view access control</a>.</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">report user [report_user]</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can create and view reports that have been shared with them. Cannot share, edit, or delete reports that have been shared with them. The itil user has the same limitations.</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">report scheduler [report_scheduler]</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can <span class="ph uicontrol">Schedule</span> emailing of all reports that they can see, including reports they cannot manage. Users with this role must also have another role that grants permission to create, edit, and share reports.</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">group report user [report_group]</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can manage and share reports that are shared with the groups they are members of (listed in <span class="ph uicontrol">Group</span>).</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">global report user [report_global]</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can manage reports that are shared with everyone (listed in <span class="ph uicontrol">Global</span>).</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">report administrator [report_admin]</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can manage, share, publish, and schedule all reports. Can access <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Reports</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Administration</span></span> and manage all report-related objects. The report_admin role inherits all other report roles.</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "><ul class="ul" id="reporting-roles__ul_v1g_2g4_jyb"><li class="li">report_scheduler</li><li class="li">analytics_filter_admin</li><li class="li">report_global</li><li class="li">report_group</li><li class="li">gauge_maker</li><li class="li">viz_admin</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e116 ">report description administrator [report_description_admin]</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e119 ">Can read and update table and field descriptions for reports. Included in the plugin Table and field description configuration for report [com.glideapp.report.description_config]. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="../task/admin-table-field-descriptions.html" title="Users with the report_description_admin role can add and edit table and field descriptions that users see when they create reports.">Administer table and field descriptions</a>.</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d302504e122 "> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The Report Publisher [report_publisher] and Report Alias Administrator [report_alias_admin] roles also exist, but support deactivated functions.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../use/reporting/concept/reporting-reference.html" title="Miscellaneous tables of roles, properties, and other information.">Reporting reference</a></div> </div> </div></div> </body></html></div>