How to extend a user's permissions

Sometimes the permission group a user is assigned doesn’t cover everything they need to do. When that happens, you can extend their permissions.

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Which permissions to grant

Start here:

1. Find the permissions the task requires.
2. Check whether the user is actually missing them.

You don’t have to grant permissions one by one — you can also swap the user’s permission group entirely. That’s the better move when a lot of permissions are missing. Pick a standard group that fits, or create a new one.

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Who can extend permissions

Two things matter here: access to editing users, and holding enough permissions yourself.

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Access to editing users

You can edit users if you have these permissions:

• View and export the users list
• View users
• Edit users

The Owners standard group has all three.

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You can’t grant what you don’t have

Whatever you grant has to be covered by your own access:

• You can only grant additional permissions that exist on your own profile.
• To assign a permission group, you either need to belong to that group yourself or hold every permission it contains.

So if you’re not an Owner and the permissions you need to grant are outside your own access, find an Owner who can grant them for you — use the filter on the users page.

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How to grant additional permissions