Managing user roles and access
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) identifies the access permissions to capabilities based on roles.
Access to capabilities in FactoryTalk Design Studio is based on the user's role. The three roles are:
- Guest
- Engineer
- Administrator
Access the User Management console from the Help menu on the top right of the user interface
.

Either:
Select
and then select

User Management
. or
Select

Welcome
and then Open User Management
.Refer to the table for a list of capabilities and the access permission based on the role.
Permissions | Guest role | Engineer role | Administrator role |
---|---|---|---|
Create a project | X | X | |
Deploy | X | ||
Go online | X | ||
Manage user roles | X | ||
Open a project | X | X | |
Save as | X | ||
Send a copy of a project | X | ||
Version control Push | X |
IMPORTANT:
The role assigned to you in FactoryTalk Hub determines whether you can be an
Administrator in
FactoryTalk Design Studio
. Within your FactoryTalk Hub
organization, you must have either the admin role assigned at the organization level, or
at the FactoryTalk Design Studio
service level, in order to be recognized as an
administrator in FactoryTalk Design Studio
. You cannot modify this role from the
FactoryTalk Design Studio
User Management
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