User role restrictions
Published 14 February 2023
This pages list the restrictions on standard, reports and read-only user roles. Administrators have no restrictions.
If you configure SQL Monitor to authenticate with Active Directory, you can also restrict which individual servers and groups users have access to.
Standard users | Reports users | Read-only users | |
Overview | No restrictions | No restrictions | No restrictions |
Alert Inbox | No restrictions | Can't:
| Can't:
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Analysis page | No restrictions | No restrictions | No restrictions |
Reports | No restrictions | No restrictions | Can't:
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Estate pages | No restrictions | No restrictions | No restrictions |
Server overview | Can't:
| Can't:
| Can't:
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Configuration | |||
Monitored servers | Can't:
| Can't:
| Can't:
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Trace | Can't:
| Can't:
| Can't:
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Groups | Can't create, rename, select, move or delete groups | Can't create, rename, select, move or delete groups | Can't create, rename, select, move or delete groups |
Data retention | Can't edit or save changes to data retention settings | Can't edit or save changes to data retention settings | Can't edit or save changes to data retention settings |
Virtualization | No access | No access | No access |
Manage user roles | No access | No access | No access |
Authentication | No access | No access | No access |
Base Monitor | No access | No access | No access |
Alert settings | No restrictions | Can't:
| Can't:
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Alert settings > | No restrictions | Can't configure alert changes | Can't configure alert changes |
Alert suppression | Can't:
| Can't:
| Can't:
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Notification settings | No access | No access | No access |
Display settings | No access | No access | No access |
Custom metrics | No access | No access | No access |
Licensing | No access | No access | No access |
About | No access | No access | No access |
Retrieve log files | No access | No access | No access |
Error reporting | No access | No access | No access |
API Authentication tokens | No access | No access | No access |
API Download | No access | No access | No access |
API Examples | No restrictions | No restrictions | No restrictions |