User roles explained
Published 03 December 2012
Where restrictions apply to Standard or Read-only users, selecting an option that users do not have permission to access displays the following message:
Clicking 
in the top right corner closes this message and ensures that it isn't displayed again anywhere in the application.
The table below lists restrictions for Standard and Read-only user roles. For pages where no restrictions is displayed, users have the same unrestricted access as Administrators.
SQL Monitor page | Standard user restrictions | Read-only user restrictions |
Overview pages | No restrictions | No restrictions |
Alert Inbox | No restriction | Cannot:
|
Analysis page | No restrictions | No restrictions |
Configuration > Monitored servers | Cannot:
| Cannot:
|
Configuration > Trace | Cannot:
| Cannot:
|
Configuration > Groups | Cannot create, rename, select, move or delete groups. | Cannot create, rename, select, move or delete groups. |
Configuration > Data purging | Cannot edit or save changes to purge settings. | Cannot edit or save changes to purge settings. |
Configuration > Manage user roles | Cannot access this page. | Cannot access this page. |
Configuration > Base Monitor connection | Cannot access this page. | Cannot access this page. |
Configuration > Alert settings | No restrictions | Cannot:
|
Configuration > Alert settings > alert page | No restrictions | Cannot make any configuration changes to the alert. |
Configuration > Email settings | Cannot make any configuration changes to the email settings. | Cannot make any configuration changes to the email settings. |
Configuration > Custom metrics | Cannot create new or edit/delete existing custom metrics and alerts. | Cannot create new or edit/delete existing custom metrics and alerts. |
Configuration > Licensing | Cannot access this page. | Cannot access this page. |
Configuration > About | No restrictions | No restrictions |
