User roles and permissions

List of user roles and their permissions

User access and permissions within Tellius are controlled through roles. Each role is designed to give users the necessary permissions to perform their specific tasks while maintaining the security and integrity of data within the platform. Here, we outline the various user roles available in Tellius, along with the permissions associated with each role.

User roles in Tellius

  1. Admin

  2. Power user

  3. Interactive

  4. Explorer

  5. Discover

  6. Explorer & Discover

  7. View only

Admin

The Admin role is designed for users who need full access to the platform's features and settings. Admins have the highest level of permissions, allowing them to manage users, security settings, data sources, and more.

  • Data import: Full access to import data from any source.

  • Data source management: Ability to share and view any data source.

  • Data preparation: Full control over data transformations and sharing prepared data.

  • Business View: Create, edit, and share Business Views, calculated columns, and column groupings.

  • Data export: Export data from preparations, Business Views, Vizpad, Insights, and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Admins can perform default searches, use Kaiya search, create/edit Learnings, add visualizations to Vizpad, and create Insights.

  • Vizpads: Full permissions to create, edit, and share Vizpads.

  • Insight creation: Create, edit, and share Insights.

  • Feed management: Create and edit Feed.

  • Predict: Create and apply predictive models.

  • Settings: Complete control over user & group management, security settings, embedding, user licensing, and application settings.

Power user

Power users have comprehensive access but are limited in certain administrative functions compared to Admins. Power user roles require broad access for day-to-day data operations but do not need to manage the Tellius security or user configurations.

  • Data import: Full access to import data from any source.

  • Data source management: Ability to share and view any data source.

  • Data preparation: Full control over data transformations and sharing prepared data.

  • Business View: Create, edit, and share Business Views, calculated columns, and column groupings.

  • Data export: Export data from preparations, Business Views, Vizpad, Insights, and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Can perform default searches, use Kaiya search, create/edit Learnings, add visualizations to Vizpad, and create Insights.

  • Vizpads: Full permissions to create, edit, and share Vizpads.

  • Insight creation: Create, edit, and share Insights.

  • Feed management: Create and edit Feed.

  • Predict: Create and apply predictive models.

  • Settings: No access to any type of settings.

Interactive

Interactive users have extensive access to explore and interact with data, making them ideal for users focused on data analysis but with limitations on administrative functions and model creation.

  • Data import: No permissions to import data.

  • Data source management: Cannot share or view any data source.

  • Data preparation: Cannot perform data transformations or share prepared data.

  • Business View: Cannot create, edit, or share Business Views, calculated columns, and column groupings.

  • Data export: Can export data from only Vizpads and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Can perform default searches, use Kaiya search, create/edit Learnings, add visualizations to Vizpad, and create Insights.

  • Vizpads: Can create, edit, and share Vizpads.

  • Insight creation: Can create, edit, and share Insights.

  • Feed management: Can create and edit Feed.

  • Predictive modeling: No permissions for creating models but can apply existing models.

  • Settings: No access to any type of settings.

Explorer

Explorers are users primarily focused on exploring and analyzing data. They have permissions to work with data but cannot make changes to settings, key data configuration, share or manage other users.

  • Data import: No permissions to import data.

  • Data source management: Cannot share or view any data source.

  • Data preparation: Cannot perform data transformations or share prepared data.

  • Business View: Cannot create, edit, or share Business Views, calculated columns, and column groupings.

  • Data export: Can export data from only Vizpads and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Can perform default searches, use Kaiya search, create/edit Learnings, add visualizations to Vizpad, but cannot create Insights.

  • Vizpads: Can create, edit, and share Vizpads.

  • Insight creation: Cannot create, edit, or share Insights.

  • Feed management: No permissions for creating or editing feeds.

  • Predictive modeling: No permissions for creating or applying models.

  • Settings: No access to any type of settings.

Discover

The Discover role is tailored for users who need read-only access to view data without the ability to make modifications or create new analyses.

  • Data import: No permissions to import data.

  • Data source management: Cannot share or view data sources.

  • Data preparation: No permissions for data transformations or sharing.

  • Business View: Cannot create, edit, or share Business Views, calculated columns, and column groupings.

  • Data export: Can only export data from Vizpad, Insights, and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Can perform default searches, use Kaiya search, create/edit Learnings, add visualizations to Vizpad, and create Insights.

  • Vizpad: Can only share Vizpads but cannot create or edit.

  • Insight creation: Can create, edit, and share Insights.

  • Feed management: Can create and edit Feed.

  • Predict: No permissions.

  • Settings: No access.

Explorer & Discover

The Explorer and Discover roles can be combined into a single role so that the user can fully leverage the permissions granted to both, exploring and analyzing data while still maintaining a more controlled environment.

  • Data import: No permissions to import data.

  • Data source management: Cannot share or view data sources.

  • Data preparation: No permissions for data transformations or sharing.

  • Business View: Cannot create, edit, or share Business Views, calculated columns, and column groupings.

  • Data export: Can export only Vizpads, Insights, and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Can perform default searches, use Kaiya search, create/edit Learnings, add visualizations to Vizpad, and create Insights.

  • Vizpads: Full permissions to create, edit, and share Vizpads.

  • Insight creation: Create, edit, and share Insights.

  • Feed management: Create and edit Feed.

  • Predict: No permissions.

  • Settings: No access.

View only

View only users have the most restricted access, allowing them to view data and visualizations without any ability to modify or create content.

  • Data import: No permissions.

  • Data source management: Can only view data sources but cannot share or modify.

  • Data preparation: No permissions.

  • Business View: No permissions.

  • Data export: Can export data from preparations, Business Views, Vizpad, Insights, and Search.

  • Search capabilities: Can perform only default Search and Kaiya Search.

  • Vizpad: No permissions,

  • Insight creation: No permissions,

  • Feed management: No permissions.

  • Predictive modeling: No permissions.

  • Settings: No access.

Permissions
Admin
Power User
Interactive
Explorer
Discover
Explorer & Discover
View Only

Data Import

Full access

Full access

No access

No access

No access

No access

No access

Data Source Sharing & Viewing

Full access

Full access

No access

No access

No access

No access

View only

Data Prep (Transformation & Sharing)

Full access

Full access

No access

No access

No access

No access

No access

Business View

Full access

Full access

No access

No access

No access

No access

No access

Data Export

Full access

Full access

Limited (Vizpad, Search)

Limited (Vizpad, Search)

Limited (Vizpad, Insights, Search)

Limited (Vizpad, Insights, Search)

Full access

Search

Full access

Full access

Full access

Limited (cannot create Insight)

Full access

Full access

Limited (default, Kaiya Search)

Vizpads

Full access

Full access

Full access

Full access

Limited (sharing only)

Full access

No access

Insights

Full access

Full access

Full access

No access

Full access

Full access

No access

Feed

Full access

Full access

Full access

No access

Full access

Full access

No access

Predict

Full access

Full access

Limited (cannot create)

No access

No access

No access

No access

Settings

Full access

No access

No access

No access

No access

No access

No access

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