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Access control, administration & portability — found from sitemap — Count
Checked for Count on 1 Nov 2026
- Page
- https://learn.count.co/governance-and-administration/roles-and-permissions
- Checked
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:25 UTC
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- Public page, crawling permitted
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- sha256:d3fff2ce0f43685c9bc4278f1736b9a140354254d709848da4e2da7bbf2b0cf1
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Facts read from this source
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Roles model Report an error
“A user's access is governed by: Their workspace role. Any groups they are a member of. The projects they can access. The role they have within each project.”
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Workspace roles Report an error
“There are several workspace roles in Count, which determine the actions workspace members are permitted to perform. Roles are hierarchical, where Owner is the most permissive role and Guest is the least.”
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Workspace role permissions matrix Report an error
“Role Manage billing + settings Manage members Create connections,catalogs + projects Billable Project roles Edit connections + catalogs Owner ✅ ✅ ✅ Yes Admin ✅ Admin ❌ ✅ ✅ Yes Up to admin ✅ Analyst ❌ ❌ ❌ Yes Up to analyst Not by default, but can be added Member ❌ ❌ ❌ – Up to editor ❌ Guest ❌ ❌ ❌ – Up to viewer ❌”
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Owner abilities Report an error
“Owners have full control of the workspace. They automatically have access to every connection and project and always have administrative privileges in each.”
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Owner restrictions Report an error
“Owners cannot: Change their own workspace role. Leave a workspace if they are the only Owner.”
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Admin abilities Report an error
“Admins control how data is accessed within the workspace. They manage all database connections and build and manage projects.”
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Admin restrictions Report an error
“Admins cannot: See every project, catalog or connection in the workspace by default - they have to be invited. Change workspace settings. See workspace billing settings.”
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Analyst abilities Report an error
“Analysts are workspace members that may be given permission to edit code in canvases. Analysts are always billable.”
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Analyst restrictions Report an error
“Analysts cannot: See or edit any database connections by default. See or edit any catalog by default. Be given Admin roles for any project. See the Settings and Billing tabs in workspace settings.”
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Member abilities Report an error
“Members are like Analysts, but cannot be granted permission to edit code in any canvases. Members are never billable. If given edit access to a canvas, Members can edit any part of the canvas except for cells and visuals.”
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Guest definition Report an error
“Guests are users who have not been invited to join the workspace but have been given access to specific canvases and projects within the workspace. Guests are never billable.”
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Guest restrictions Report an error
“Guests cannot: See any workspace settings. See any database or catalog connections. Be added to groups. Be invited to projects or canvases via the "Members of workspace" permission.”
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Project roles Report an error
“Within each project every member also has a project-specific role. These roles dictate which project-level actions users can perform:”
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Project role permissions Report an error
“Project Role Manage data + settings Invite others to project Create + edit canvases Edit cells View canvases View reports Admin ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Analyst ❌ Depends on project settings ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Editor ❌ Depends on project settings ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Viewer ❌ Depends on project settings ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ Report viewer ❌ Depends on project settings ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅”
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Viewer abilities Report an error
“Viewers / Report viewers can: View canvases that are shared with the project (if a viewer) View reports that are shared with the project View all members of the project If allowed by the project settings: share canvases outside the project or invite new users to the project as Viewers (if a viewer) or Report viewers Leave the project”
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Analyst editor project abilities Report an error
“Analysts / Editors can additionally: Create, view, edit and delete canvases Restore deleted canvases View canvas version history Edit cells and visuals (if an analyst)”
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Project admin requirement Report an error
“Project Admins must have a workspace Owner or Admin role.”
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Project admin abilities Report an error
“Admins can additionally: Manage project membership and roles Manage available connections Update project settings Delete the project”
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Conflicting roles rule Report an error
“If a user has been assigned two conflicting roles then the most permissive role wins.”
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Workspace sharing precedence Report an error
“Since workspace-level access has already been granted at the project level, changing the permissions in the canvas won't make any difference (the most permissive permission always takes precedence).”
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Members tab Report an error
“You can view everyone with access to the workspace in the Members tab in the workspace settings.”
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Row level security related Report an error
“RELATED PAGES Row-level security: Identity-Aware Reports”
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Groups feature Report an error
“Managing Your Workspace Projects Roles and permissions Groups Workspace Settings”
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