Default roles

This section describes the default roles that are assigned to new xMatters companies. These standard roles define the most commonly-used ways of accessing xMatters features. However, if these roles do not meet your company's requirements your xMatters representative can help you to create new custom roles. For more information about creating custom roles or functions to support special use cases, see Custom roles and add-ons.

Default roles are assigned to a company when it is created. If a default role is not available on your system, it may be because the role was defined after your company was created or because you do not have the required licensing. Additionally, if the default roles on your company have been altered (customized) they may not behave exactly as described in the documentation.

The names of these roles do not directly correlate to different types of users that may be defined in any licensing agreements. For example, the definition of a "Standard User" in a licensing agreement is not intended to match the permissions of the default Standard User role in xMatters.

Role	Description and Relationship to Other Roles
Standard User	User can view their schedule, maintain their profile, respond to alerts, create subscriptions for themselves, and send messages.
Mobile-Only Standard User	User can view their schedule, maintain their profile, respond to alerts, create subscriptions for themselves, and send messages, but can only add the mobile app as a device.
Person Supervisor	User can act as a Standard User and also add and edit other users.
Group Supervisor	User can act as a Person Supervisor and also add and maintain groups.
Developer	User can act as a Person Supervisor, add and edit workflows, maintain subscriptions, and manage phone recordings and Text-to-Speech (TTS) services.
Subscription Supervisor	User can act as a Group Supervisor and also maintain subscriptions and run basic reports.
Support User	User can edit, view, and log in as other users. Can also edit any “locked” data value and access all company-specific reports.
Web Service Supervisor	User can add and edit SOAP web service users.
Company Supervisor	User can administer most aspects of a company in xMatters, including company settings, conference bridges and dashboards, and developer tasks. Can also act in the other supervisory roles such as Person or Group Supervisor, and has full permissions to act on most other roles.
No Access User	User can be assigned to groups and respond to alerts on devices but cannot access or use the xMatters web user interface (except via special URL to configure their password and phone login).
Read-Only User	User can view their schedule and respond to alerts but cannot edit their profile information, act on other roles, or send messages via messaging panels in xMatters.
Communication Center User	Adds the ability to access and edit the Communication Center on the Home page.
Conference Bridge Supervisor	Adds the ability to view, edit, delete, and manage ongoing conference bridges.
Full Access User	Adds the ability to do everything except administrative tasks and configuring workflows.
Group Monitor	Adds the ability to view groups but not to edit or create them.
Incident Manager	Adds the ability to access major incident workflows and associated alerts.
Limited Group Supervisor	Adds the ability to access groups, rosters, and schedules, but not to create, update, or delete groups. Note: This role does not allow the user to be assigned as a group admin, but does grant permission to view and access groups.
REST Web Service User	Adds all necessary permissions for using the REST web services.