<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> <div class="section" id="reporting-roles__section_tfp_v3h_j1c"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Access with no roles</h2> <p class="p">Can view reports that are shared with them.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-roles__section_fjs_s3h_j1c"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Reporting access with ACL</h2> <p class="p">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>.</p> <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 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 class="topic reference nested1" id="reporting-role-1"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2">Report user [report_user]</h2> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc">Create and view reports that have been shared with them. Cannot share, edit, or delete reports that have been shared with them. Users with the itil role also have these limitations.</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-1__section-feature-role-contains-roles"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Contains Roles</h3> <p class="p">The Report user [report_user] role contains the Visualization Creator [viz_creator] role.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-1__section-feature-role-groups"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Groups</h3> <p class="p">List of groups this role is assigned to by default.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-1__section-feature-role-considerations"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Special considerations</h3> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="topic reference nested1" id="reporting-role-2"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title3">Report scheduler [report_scheduler]</h2> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc">Schedule 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.</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-2__section-feature-role-contains-roles"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Contains Roles</h3> <p class="p">The Report scheduler [report_scheduler] role contains the Report user [report_user] role.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-2__section-feature-role-groups"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Groups</h3> <p class="p">List of groups this role is assigned to by default.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-2__section-feature-role-considerations"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Special considerations</h3> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="topic reference nested1" id="reporting-role-3"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title4">Group report user [report_group]</h2> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc">Can manage and share reports that are shared with the groups they are members of (listed in Group).</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-3__section-feature-role-contains-roles"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Contains Roles</h3> <p class="p">The report_group role contains the Report user [report_user] role.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-3__section-feature-role-groups"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Groups</h3> <p class="p">List of groups this role is assigned to by default.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-3__section-feature-role-considerations"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Special considerations</h3> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="topic reference nested1" id="reporting-role-6"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title5">Global report user [report_global]</h2> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc">Can share a report that is shared with everyone. This role can share with everyone. Cannot share a report that is shared with the user or a group.</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-6__section-feature-role-contains-roles"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Contains Roles</h3> <p class="p">The report_global role contains the Report user [report_user] role.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-6__section-feature-role-groups"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Groups</h3> <p class="p">List of groups this role is assigned to by default.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-6__section-feature-role-considerations"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Special considerations</h3> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="topic reference nested1" id="reporting-role-4"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title6">Report administrator [report_admin]</h2> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc">Manage, share, publish, and schedule all reports. Access <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Reports</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Administration</span></span> and manage all report-related objects.</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-4__section-feature-role-contains-roles"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Contains Roles</h3> <p class="p">List of roles contained within the role.</p> <div class="p"><ul class="ul" id="reporting-role-4__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> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-4__section-feature-role-groups"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Groups</h3> <p class="p">List of groups this role is assigned to by default.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-4__section-feature-role-considerations"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Special considerations</h3> <div class="p"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Avoid granting an admin role when more specialized roles are available.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="topic reference nested1" id="reporting-role-5"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title7">Report description administrator [report_description_admin]</h2> <div class="body refbody"><p class="shortdesc">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].</p> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-5__section-feature-role-contains-roles"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Contains Roles</h3> <p class="p">List of roles contained within the role.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-5__section-feature-role-groups"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Groups</h3> <p class="p">List of groups this role is assigned to by default.</p> <p class="p">None.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="reporting-role-5__section-feature-role-considerations"><h3 class="title sectiontitle">Special considerations</h3> <p class="p">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>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body></html></div>