Roles

Roles are preconfigured access rights to DXA features and properties that you can assign to individual users and user groups.

Adding roles

  1. From the navigation bar, go to Settings button settings > Account Settings > Roles and click + Add Role.

    Role creation screen
  2. Enter a Name for the role.

  3. If you're using LDAP or SiteMinder user authentication, in the Group text box, enter the LDAP or SiteMinder group name.

  4. In the Permissions area, select one or more permissions to assign to users with this role or click select all.

  5. In the Properties area, select one or more properties to give access to users with this role or click select all.

  6. Click Save Role.

The new role can now be assigned to new or existing users.

Assigning roles to new or existing users

  1. When adding a new user or editing an existing user, click the Access tab.

    Access tab
  2. In the Access tab, in the Role dropdown menu:

    • To assign the user with all Permissions and access to all Properties, select Administrator.

      Note: Only administrators can add or edit properties and add or edit users.
    • To assign the user with predefined Permissions and Properties, select a previously created role.

    • To assign the user with custom Permissions and Properties, select Custom.

  3. Click Save User.

The user now has access to the permissions and properties associated with the selected role.

Permissions

PermissionDescription
Administrator

Gives full access to all Decibel features and functionality, including settings.

Only administrators can add and edit users, roles, properties, tags, blocking rules, API keys, annotations, data layers, and account subscriptions, configure sampling, and subscribe to health checks.
Note: You do not need to create an administrator role. This role is automatically available when adding users to DXA.
CreatorAn individual permission combining the following permissions:
  • Forms
  • Funnels
  • Page groups
  • Reports
  • HTML Search
  • Sessions
  • Session Replays
  • Segments

Users assigned with the Creator permission can create, view, edit, and delete all reports in DXA.

Property Settings
Allows users to add and edit channels, custom dimensions, additional dashboards, tracked events, regex paths, rules, the tracking code, and pages.
Note: When enabled, Property Settings is available under Settings button settings on the navigation bar.
SessionsGives access to all session data in a property, including access to the session list and Session Details, and utilization of Experience Issues.
Note: If masking or unmasking are configured, this will apply also for users only with the sessions permission. I.e. if you decide to mask a particular selector or unmask a particular field, these will be masked/unmasked for session replays viewed by this user and all users in the account. However, unless they have administrator access, they cannot edit the masking/unmasking configuration.
Session ReplaysGives users permission to view session replays from within a property.
Note: Session replays can be shared with and viewed by non-Decibel users, but users must be logged in to Decibel to utilize session replay functionality, such as

favoriting, commenting on, and sharing a session replay.

HeatmapsGives users permission to view heatmaps for a property.
Forms Gives users permission to view all forms and form data for a property, enabling Discover Forms, Analyze Forms, and form error reporting.
SegmentsGives users permission to add, view, edit, and share segments for a property, enabling Define Segments and Discover Segments (New).
Note: Users without segment permissions can still apply segments that were shared with everyone, or specifically with them, to relevant features.
FunnelsGives users permission to add, view, and edit funnels for a property, enabling Define Funnels and Analyze Funnels.
Note: Users with this permission can only add, view, and edit funnels that they created themselves or funnels that were shared with everyone or directly with them.
AlertsGives users permission to add, view, edit, and subscribe to alerts for a property.
IntegrationsGives users access to the connect settings, where they can configure data connectors and data streams for a property.
ReportsGives users access to the Discover Journeys, Pages, and DXS reports.
Note: To view technical error reports, you must enabled Reports and Sessions permissions.
Archives

Gives users access to view, download, delete, and edit the retention period of all archived data in the archive.

HTML SearchAllows the user to access the HTML search report when the user also has Sessions permissions enabled.