# Roles & Permissions

Users in Select Star can be assigned one of the following three roles: **Viewer**, **Data Manager** or **Admin**. These roles determine which actions they can perform and which views they will have access to.

Roles apply to main entities or first-class objects in all of Select Star. You can find a detailed view in tabular format below.

User roles can be changed and assigned by going to **Settings > Users**.

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Changing a users permission will not apply changes immediately. To see the changes take effect the user needs to log out, and log in to the platform again.
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The different roles have the following permissions:

| **Permission**                                                                                       | **Viewer** | **Data Manager** | **Admin** |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------- | --------- |
| <p>View tables, dashboards,</p><p>popularity, lineage, queries,</p><p>documentation, tags, users</p> | ✅          | ✅                | ✅         |
| <p>Post questions or comments</p><p>in Discussion tabs</p>                                           | ✅          | ✅                | ✅         |
| <p>Receive comment reply</p><p>notifications</p>                                                     | ✅          | ✅                | ✅         |
| <p>Add/remove/modify:<br>Tags, Owners, Descriptions</p>                                              |            | ✅                | ✅         |
| Update metadata in bulk with csv                                                                     |            | ✅                | ✅         |
| <p>Hide/unhide tables or dashboards from</p><p>Select Star</p>                                       |            | ✅                | ✅         |
| Invite Users                                                                                         |            |                  | ✅         |
| Change user roles and teams                                                                          |            |                  | ✅         |
| Enable SSO                                                                                           |            |                  | ✅         |
| <p>Add/remove/modify:</p><p>Data Source connections, Tags and tag settings</p>                       |            |                  | **✅**     |


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