User permissions explained

The Manage roles article explains how permissions can be set for your organization's users. In this article, we'll explain in more detail what each user permission grants access to. Granting permission to a user gives full or read-only access to the selected feature. For features where it is not possible for the user to edit, full access replaces read-only access (e.g. can see User Audit Report).

Before you start

Audit

Permission Description Requirements
Audit Report - View View the audit report
Email log - View View the email log report, which records all email sending attempts and their status
Login History - View View the login history report, which records sign-in events with date, user name, and IP address

Cloud integration

Permission Description Requirements
Google Workspace Add and link to files in Google Drive, export report data to Google Sheets, and export contacts to Google Google Workspace

CRM

Permission Description Requirements
Lead - List and details Open the leads list
Lead - Custom statuses Create and edit custom statuses for leads Lead - List and details permission
Lead - Add and edit Add and edit leads Lead - List and details permission
Opportunity - List and details (read-only) Open the opportunities list, view the statuses of opportunities, and open opportunities assigned to you
Opportunity - List and details (full access) Create and clone opportunities and add items and attachments
Opportunity - Approve, reject, and review Review, approve, and reject opportunities Full access for Opportunity - List and details permission
Enable opportunity approval is enabled in CRM settings
Opportunity - Undo Undo opportunities Full access for Opportunity - List and details permission
Opportunity - Void Void opportunities Full access for Opportunity - List and details permission
Opportunity - Change prices and discounts Change prices and discounts on opportunities Full access for Opportunity - List and details permission
Opportunity - Add and edit Add and clone opportunities, edit opportunities' headers, and add attachments to opportunities Full access for Opportunity - List and details permission
Opportunity - CSV import Import opportunities via CSV Full access for Opportunity - List and details permission
Opportunity - Change status, email opportunity, export Open opportunities to view their journals, attachments, logs, and attributes Opportunity - List and details permission

Dashboard

For more information, see Using the dashboard.

Permission Description Requirements
Dashboard - Stock trend See stock trends on the dashboard
Dashboard - Winners and losers See winners and losers on the dashboard
Dashboard - Over/under stock See over- and understocked products on the dashboard
Dashboard - Key performance indicators See key performance indicators on the dashboard
Dashboard - Purchases, bills, and orders See an overview of purchases, bills, and orders on the dashboard
Dashboard - Sales, product overview, customer overview See an overview of sales, products, and customers on the dashboard
Dashboard - Reorders See an overview of reorders on the dashboard

Financials

Permission Description Requirements
Bank accounts Add bank accounts, edit bank account details, import bank statements via CSV, and reconcile bank statements with Cin7 Core transactions
Spend/receive money - List and details Read-only: Open the money operations list
Full access: Create and save money operations (spend money, receive money, and transfer money) and void unapproved money operations
Spend/receive money - Approve Approve money operations Full access to Spend/receive money - List and details permissions
Spend/receive money - Void Void appoved/completed money operations Full access to Spend/receive money - List and details permissions
Spend/receive money - Undo Undo approved or completed spend and receive money operations Full access to Spend/receive money - List and details permission
Expense claims - List and details Open the expense claims list, create and save expense claims, and submit expense claims for approval
Expense claims - Approve Approve, decline, and undo/void expense claims, and authorize total expense claims Expense claims - List and details permission
Expense claims - Create payments Read-only: View payments on expense claims
Full access: Reimburse expense claims
Expense claims - List and details permission
Default expense items Read-only: Create and add pre-defined expense items to expense claims
Opening balances Read-only: View opening balances and conversion dates
Full access: Edit opening balances and conversion dates
Journals - List and details Open the journals list and create journals
Journal - Authorize Authorize journal entries for the general ledger Journals - List and details permission
Journal - Void Void approved or completed journals Journals - List and details permission
Journal - Undo Undo approved or completed journals Journals - List and details permission
Accounting dimensions - Settings Read-only: View accounting dimensions and reference data
Full access: Edit the accounting dimensions list, add accounting dimensions to accounts, and update reference data for customers, suppliers, products, company contacts, expense claims, and production resources
Accounting dimensions - Transactions Read-only: View the transactions tab and final values tab
Full access: Edit accounting dimensions at the transaction level and view both the transactions tab and final values tab
Fixed assets Read-only: See fixed assets and fixed asset types
Full access: View, add, edit, register, and post fixed assets, fixed asset depreciation, and fixed asset types

Financing

Permission Description Requirements
Cin7 Capital Submit invoices for financing via Cin7 Capital Cin7 Capital

Fulfillment

Permission Description Requirements
Fulfillment orders - Order list See the list of fulfillment orders and their status
Fulfillment orders - Order details Open fulfillment orders and view their details, including items, shipping methods, and tracking information Fulfillment orders - Orders list permission
WMS - Schedule orders for picking Schedule sale orders for picking, set pickers, and manage the order picking process in WMS

Integration

Each integration permission allows users to access that integration’s settings. Users don’t need an ecommerce integration’s permissions to add products to, and remove products from, that ecommerce channel.

Inventory

Permission Description Requirements
Inventory write-off - List and details Read-only: Open the inventory write-offs list and inventory write-off tasks assigned to you
Full access: Create, authorize, undo, and void inventory write-offs
Stock transfer - List and details Read-only: Open the stock transfers list and stock transfer tasks assigned to you
Full access: Open and create stock transfers
Stock transfer - Authorize Authorize stock transfers, skip orders, put away stock, send stock, and complete put away Full access to Stock transfer - List and details permission
Stock transfer - Complete Complete authorized stock transfers Full access to Stock transfer - List and details permission
Stock transfer - Void Void stock transfer tasks Full access to Stock transfer - List and details permission
Stock transfer - Undo Undo stock transfer tasks Full access to Stock transfer - List and details permission
Stock adjustments - List and details Read-only: Open the stock adjustments list and stock adjustment tasks assigned to you
Full access: Create and authorize new stock adjustments
Stocktake - List and details Read-only: Open stocktake tasks
Full access: Create and authorize new stocktake tasks
Stocktake and stock adjustment - Void Void stock adjustment or stocktake tasks Stocktake - List and details permission
Stock adjustments - List and details permission
Stocktake and stock adjustment - Undo Undo stock adjustment or stocktake tasks Stocktake - List and details permission
Stock adjustments - List and details permission
Product - List and details Read-only: Open the products and services and product families lists
Full access: Create and edit products, services, and product families
Product - Prices Read-only: See product prices
Full access: Edit product prices
Product - List and details permission
Product - Suppliers Read-only: See product supplier details
Full access: Add new suppliers, set fixed supplier prices, and manage dropship settings
For read-only, Product - List and details permission
For full access, full access to Product - List and details permission
Product - Movements and service usage See all product and service movements and usage Product - List and details permission
Product - Bill of materials (BOM) Read-only: Open bills of materials
Full access: Add, edit, and manage bills of materials, including labor costs and assembly settings
For read-only, Product - List and details permission
For full access, full access to Product - List and details permission
Product availability See product availability, including allocated stock for sales and work orders Product - List and details permission
Product availability - View stock value Add the stock values column to the product availability list Product - List and details permission
Lot recall Track lot, batch, and serial numbers from purchase or manufacturing to sale, and prepare recall letters in the case of a recall event

Locations

Use Locations permissions to restrict the user's actions to the selected locations. Stock picking, stock receiving, inventory actions (stocktake, stock adjustment, inventory write-off) and production actions (assembly, disassembly) are restricted to locations where permission is granted. Users can still see purchases, sales, inventory actions and production actions in other locations when created by other users.

Note: Locations permissions for Cin7 Core POS are managed via Cin7 Core POS. See Invite Setting up Cin7 Core POS - Basics - Invite Users to your POS store for details.

Manufacturing

Permission Description Requirements
Assembly - List and tasks Read-only: See assembly operations, details, and your tasks
Full access: Create, authorize, undo, and void finished goods operations
Disassembly - Lists and tasks Read-only: See disassembly operations, details, and your tasks
Full access: Create, authorize, undo, and void disassembly operations
Manufacturing - Jobs list and tasks Read-only: See the jobs list, their details, and those assigned to you
Full access: Create, authorize, undo, and void job operations
Production orders - List and tasks Read-only: See the production orders list, their details, and tasks assigned to you
Full access: Create and edit production orders and production runs, pick components, start and complete operations, and consolidate production orders
Production – Undo Undo assembly, disassembly, production, jobs, and inventory write-off tasks
Production – Void Void assembly, disassembly, production, jobs, and inventory write-off tasks
Production orders - Authorize orders, release orders, authorize put away Read-only: See production orders and put away and tasks assigned to you
Full access: Authorize and release production orders and put away, singly and in bulk
Production orders - Undo, void, mark as completed, mark as in progress Read-only: See production orders and put away
Full access: Undo, complete, and void production orders and production runs
Production orders - Edit completed operations Read-only: See actual time on production order operations
Full access: Edit actual time on completed production order operations
Advanced Manufacturing - Capacity Planner Read-only: See the Capacity Planner, including allocated and consumed capacity details
Full access: Re-plan allocated resource capacity manually or automatically and edit production menu settings (work centers, resources, factory calendar)
Advanced Manufacturing - Scheduler Read-only: See the Scheduler
Full access: Reschedule production orders, production runs, and operations with the Scheduler
Advanced Manufacturing - Production BOM Read-only: See production BOMs
Full access: Create and edit production BOMs
Advanced Manufacturing - View production cost data Full access: See production cost info on production BOMs, production orders, and so on

MRP

Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) runs consider demand from sales and supply from stock on hand, transfers, production, assembly and suppliers to generate supply management suggestions. Use MRP runs to compare actual and forecasted sales demand with available and potentially available stock supplies and determine when products should be produced in-house, bought from suppliers, and delivered to distribution centers.

This permission grants access to the MRP run feature. See Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) for more information.

Purchase

Permission Description Requirements
Purchases - List and tasks Read-only: See the purchases list, purchase statuses, your tasks, order line items and document header, manual journals, your attachments, logs and attributes
Full access: Create and save new purchases, change the document header, clone purchases, add and edit your own attachments, and mark and received
Purchases - View other users’ attachments See, download, and delete attachments from other users Purchases list and tasks permission is required
Purchase – View order Read-only: See the order tab
Full access: Add and edit line items on unauthorized purchases. Print and email purchase documents
Purchases list and tasks permission is required
Purchase – Authorize order Authorize purchase orders
Purchase – View stock received Read-only: See the stock received tab
Full access: Add and edit stock items before authorization. Print and email stock documents
Purchases list and tasks permission is required
Purchase – Authorize stock received Authorize stock received actions
Purchase - View invoice and credit note Read-only: See the invoice and credit note tabs
Full access: Add and edit line items on invoices and credit notes, create credit note purchases, print and email invoice and credit documents, and add payments and refunds to authorized invoices and credit notes
Purchases list and tasks permission is required
Purchase – Authorize invoice and credit note Authorize invoices and credit notes
Purchase – View prices and totals See price, order line, and total information on purchase tasks and purchase documents
Purchase – Undo Undo purchase orders
Purchase – Void Void purchase orders
Purchase – Approve, reject, and review orders Approve or reject purchase orders and review and reopen rejections
Reorder stock Read-only: See backorder and reorder items
Full access: Create purchase orders for reorder items
Suppliers - List and details Read-only: See the suppliers and deposits list
Full access: Add and edit suppliers
Supplier - Purchase history See the purchases by product and purchases by document tabs
Supplier - Bulk payment Make bulk supplier payments
Edit Authorized Documents Edit authorized documents Permission to view/edit the document

Reports

Cin7 Core allows you to generate multiple types of reports on your business. There are several reports within each report type:

  • Financials
  • Fixed Assets
  • Inventory
  • Purchase
  • Production
  • Sale
  • Audit (covered under Audit permission).

You can grant a user read-only or full access to each report type. (Read-only) View reports. Move columns and save new layouts. Apply filters. Change visible date range. (Full Access) Reset layout to default. Add new column headings.

RMA

Permission Description Requirements
RMA - Setup (Settings section) Read-only: See returns policies, reasons for return, and return order settings
Full access: Create, edit, and delete return policies, reasons for returns, and return order settings
RMA - List and details See the RMAs list, RMA statuses, and return orders and create RMA
RMA - View RMA Read-only: See return requests on the product tab, as well as details, resolution, and related orders
Full access: Edit RMA data, print RMAs, and mark as complete
RMA - List and details permission
RMA task - Authorize RMA Read-only: See RMA data
Full access: Authorize and reject return requests
RMA task - Resolve RMA Read-only: See RMA data
Full access: Resolve RMA, choose resolution actions, and invoice customers for expenses
RMA - Undo and void Undo and void RMA tasks
Return - View return order: Read-only: See expected returns and quantities on the products tab, as well as details, inspection and repair costs, resolution, and related orders
Full access: Add expenses to return milestones, edit return orders, print returns, and mark as completed
Return - Authorize return order Read-only: See return order data
Full access: Authorize receipt of returned products
Return - Resolve return order Read-only: See return order data
Full access: Resolve return orders, choose resolution actions, and add return order expenses
RMA - Undo and void Undo and void RMA tasks
Warranty - Setup Read-only: See and open warranties and details
Full access: Create and edit warranty types
Warranty - Search See registered warranties

Sale

Permission Description Requirements
Sales - List and details Read-only: See the sales list, recurring sales, sales status, your sales tasks, sales headers, line items, manual journals, attachments, log and attributes
Full access: Create and save sales and invoices for recurring sales, update the header, clone sales, and add attachments
Sale – View profit margin See margins on sales
Sale – Change prices and discounts Edit prices and discounts on sales quotes, orders, and invoices
Sale – Ignore credit limit Ignore customers’ credit limits, if applicable
Sale – View quote Read-only: See the quote tab
Full access: Add and edit line items on unauthorized quotes. Print and email quote documents
Sales - List and details permission
Sale – Authorize quote Authorize quotes
Sale – View order Read-only: See the orders tab
Full access: Add and edit line items on unauthorized orders. Print and email order documents
Sales - List and details permission
Sale – Authorize order Authorize sale orders
Sale – View pick Read-only: See the pick tab
Full access: Add and edit pick lines before authorization. Print and email pick documents
Sales - List and details permission
Sale – Authorize pick Authorize pick actions
Sale – Approve, reject, and review quote Approve or reject sale quotes, review rejected sale quotes and reopen them Quote approval must be enabled in general settings
Sale – View pack Read-only: See the pack tab
Full access: Add an edit pack lines before authorization. Print and email pack documents
Sales - List and details permission
Sale – Authorize pack Authorize pack actions, including warranty registration
Sale – View ship Read-only: See the ship tab
Full access: Add and edit ship lines before authorization
Sales - List and details permission
Sale – Authorize ship Authorize ship actions
Sale – View invoice and credit note Read-only: See the invoice and credit note tabs
Full access: Add and edit line items on invoices and credit notes. Create a credit note, print and email invoice and credit note documents, add payments or refunds to authorized invoices and credit notes, and create warranty registrations
Sales - List and details permission
Sale – Authorize invoice and credit note Authorize invoices and credit notes
Sale - View prices and totals View price, order line, and total information on sale tasks and sale documents
Sale – Undo Undo sale orders
Sale – Void Void sale orders
Customers - List and details Read-only: See the customers list, customer details, and customer credits
Full access: Add and edit customers
Customer – Enable/disable credit hold Enable or disable manual credit holds
Customer - Sales history See the sales by product and sales by document tabs
Customer - Bulk payment Make bulk customer payments
Customer – Edit credit limit Add or edit credit limits and import them via CSV
Purchase/sale CSV import Import purchase and sales tasks via CSV
Gift cards Read-only: See active gift cards, balances, and expirations
Full access: Import, export, and forfeit gift cards
Order routing Enable or disable order routing, create and edit order routing locations, and change order routing sessions
Edit authorized documents Allows editing of authorized documents Permission to view/edit the document

Settings

Your company

Permission Description Requirements
Your company – General Settings Read-only: See general settings
Full access: Edit general settings
Your company – Addresses Read-only: See company addresses
Full access: Add and edit shipping, billing, and business addresses and choose defaults
Your company – Contacts Read-only: See company contact information
Full access: Add and edit company contact details, assign contacts to mailing lists, choose contact types and defaults

Financial

Permission Description Requirements
Financial – Chart of accounts and mapping Read-only: See the chart of accounts and account mappings
Full access: Add and edit accounts and account mappings
Financial – Taxation rules Read-only: See tax rules
Full access: Add and edit tax rules
Financial – Payment terms Read-only: See payment terms
Full access: Add and edit payment terms

Stock

Permission Description Requirements
Stock – Product categories Read-only: See product categories
Full access: Add and edit product categories
Stock – Brands Read-only: See product brands
Full access: Add and edit product brands
Stock – Locations Read-only: See locations
Full access: Add and edit locations
Stock – Units of measure Read-only: See units of measurement
Full access: Add and edit units of measurement
Stock – Product discounts: Read-only: See discounts and deals
Full access: Add and edit discounts and deals

Other items

Permission Description Requirements
Other items – Carriers Read-only: See carriers
Full access: Add and edit carriers
Other items – Shipping zones Read-only: See shipping zones
Full access: Add and edit shipping zones
Other items – Additional attributes Read-only: See additional attribute sets
Full access: Add and edit additional attribute sets
Other items – Lead categories Read-only: See custom lead statuses
Full access: Add and edit custom lead statuses

Users and roles

The Users & Roles feature can be used to invite new users to Cin7 Core and manage their permissions for the system. This is accessed from Settings → Users & Roles. (Full Access) Invite users and advisers to Cin7 Core. Create roles and assign users to a role. Set user permissions and role permissions. Delete users. (Read-only) View users, roles and user/role permissions.

Note: The Master User can also lock users out of the system without deleting them – the Master User has full access unconditionally.

Document and email templates

Customize document and email templates for your business. (Read-only) View available templates. Download existing document and email templates. (Full Access) Upload document and email templates. Reset templates to default. Set email subject lines. Editing of the Warranty Certificate template. This is accessed from Settings → Documents & Email Templates.

Export to CSV

In many Cin7 Core modules, you are able to export data in CSV format (inventory list, suppliers list, customers list, etc.). Without this permission, the Export button is still visible but clicking it gives the user a 'Not Allowed to Export' message. This permission is not necessary in order to import data via CSV.

Automation

The Automation module allows you to set up internal and external notifications for your users and customers. Set up Mailing Lists, trigger internal notifications for events (e.g. customer credit limit exceeded), add and edit scheduled reports, and set up reminders for the dashboard portlet. This does not include access to the Workflow page. This is accessed from Settings → Automation.

Workflows must be explicitly set for access to Settings → Automation → Workflow. This permission allows you to create and edit workflows and set up events and actions that trigger automatically once certain conditions are achieved in sales processes.

Cin7 Core to Cin7 Core networking

Cin7 Core to Cin7 Core Networking allows you to connect directly with your suppliers and customers who also use Cin7 Core. It is accessed via Settings → Reference books → Your Company. Once connected, you can send purchase orders to suppliers, send invoice and sales orders to customers and approve purchase orders/invoices/sales orders from the Cin7 Core to Cin7 Core Network. This permission allows you to invite suppliers/customers to your network, respond to invitations and remove network connections.

Note: This permission is not required to send orders/invoices via the Cin7 Core to Cin7 Core Network to suppliers/customers that are already connected.

Default product/customer/supplier values

Cin7 Core allows default field values to be configured for new products, customers and suppliers, allowing faster and more convenient data entry from anywhere within the system. When default field values are set up, every time a new product, customer or supplier is created from within Cin7 Core, the available fields are pre-filled with these values. By default, this permission is disabled for regular users while it is enabled for admin users and owners. Default field values are accessed via Settings → Reference books → Default Field Values. Users who do not have access to this section will not see it at all.

Cin7 Core API - Setup

The Cin7 Core API is part of the Cin7 Core web application. Granting permission for API setup allows the user access to the API settings through Integrations → Cin7 Core API.

Cin7 Core WMS - Setup

The Cin7 Core Warehouse Management Solution allows you to perform warehouse operations (pick, pack, stocktake, etc.) using standard smartphones and tablets. Granting permission for Warehouse Application setup allows the user access to WMS settings through Integrations → Cin7 Core WMS.

Shipping Services

Cin7 Core allows integration with several third-party shipping services. Granting permissions for shipping services allows the user access to that integration's settings accessed through Integrations → [Integration Name].

Note: These permissions do not affect users using the shipping services and getting shipping rate quotes.

Subscription

Permission Description Requirements
Subscription AND onboarding details See your Cin7 Core subscription details
Update subscription Update your Cin7 Core subscription, switch plans, renew, and buy onboarding packages
Payment history See your Cin7 Core subscription payments history and download your invoices
Change billing address Update your Cin7 Core subscription billing address and card details

Tasks

Permission Description Requirements
Tasks - Create and edit tasks Create tasks for yourself and edit your tasks, including dates
Tasks - Assign tasks Adding tasks to other users
Tasks - Receive task assignments Be assigned tasks by other users
Tasks - Access setup page See and edit task settings
Tasks - View assigned tasks See your tasks
Tasks - View all tasks See all tasks
Tasks - Approve tasks Approve tasks

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