User Access management

This article explains the difference between organization-level and event-level permissions within Keelvar. It provides a detailed breakdown of the three main user account types—Organization Owner, Standard User, and Restricted User—and outlines the specific capabilities and access rights assigned to each role across various Keelvar modules.

Within Keelvar, there are organization-level permissions and event-level permissions. Your user account defines your permissions at the organization level, and your team member role within an event defines your permissions at the event level.

Access management interface within the account settings menu

Figure 1. Access management in account settings

User accounts

Organization-level permissions relate to actions outside of events, such as account management, organization management, and user management. Your Keelvar user account defines these permissions.

There are three types of user accounts:

  • Organization Owner: The user can create events and access, edit, copy, and delete all events. The organization owner can also create and edit other users.
  • Standard User: The user can create events and access, copy, or delete events they are added to.
  • Restricted User: The user can access events they are added to.

Table 1 lists the organization-level permissions available for each user account.

Category Activity Organization Owner Standard User Restricted User
Organization and Account Settings Manage your account Yes Yes Yes
Manage organization Yes View-only View-only
Manage users Yes No No
Team Management Yes Yes No
Tag management Yes No No
Notification Preferences Yes Yes Yes
API Keys Yes No No
Usage Yes No No
Sourcing Optimizer All events list Yes No No
Create events Yes Yes No
Access all events Yes No No
Autonomous Sourcing Create Agents Yes Yes No
Access all Agents in organization Yes No No
Self-add as an Agent owner Yes No No
Access Requests tab Yes Yes No
Access Agents tab Yes Yes No
Access Datasets tab Yes Yes No
Create Datasets Yes Yes No
Download / Edit Datasets Yes Yes No
Access Manage Suppliers tab Yes Yes No
Create Supplier Profiles Yes Yes No
Download / Edit Supplier Profiles Yes Yes No
Edit Supplier fields Yes Yes No
Create Supplier Groups Yes Yes No
Download / Edit Supplier Groups Yes Yes No
Rate Manager Create Rate Cards Yes Yes No
Access all Rate Cards in organization Yes No No
Access Archived Rate Cards Yes Yes Yes
Self-Add as a User in a Rate Card Yes No No

For more information about user management, see Create a new user.