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title: "User roles and permissions"
slug: "goals-user-roles-and-permissions"
description: "Set flexible user roles and permissions for Goals, enhancing collaboration across teams with Author, Updater, Commenter, and Reader access options."
updated: 2026-05-19T13:56:09Z
published: 2026-05-19T13:56:09Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/goals-user-roles-and-permissions"
---

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# User roles and permissions

Available in:

**HR Advanced**

Who can do this:

**HR Manager**

**Administrator**

### **About user roles and permissions**

It's possible to set up different permissions for Creation, Visibility, Updates and Collaboration on a Goal. This allows increased flexibility and collaboration across Teams and the Company.

There are 4 different Permissions you can grant to users in Goals, these are:

- Author
- Updater
- Commenter
- Reader

The permissions are detailed in the table:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/image-1773920863379.png)

Additionally, The Goal Owner is the person or team that the Goal relates to - this is set when you create the Goal.

### **Default Goal Permissions**

#### **Company Goals**

- The user who creates the Goal is set as the Author.
- All Employees are set as Readers, and only have access to view the Goal once it has been approved.

#### **Team Goals**

- The user who creates the Goal is set as the Author.
- All Team Managers are set as Updaters of the Goal and have access to it as soon as it is created.
- Team Members are set as Commenters of the Goal and only have access to view the Goal once it has been approved.
- All other employees have no access*.

#### **Personal Goals**

- The user who creates the Goal is set as the Author.
- If the employee is creating their own Personal Goal, no other user will have access by default.
- If the manager is creating a Personal Goal for an employee they manage, the employee will be set as a Commenter and only have access to view the Goal once it has been approved.
- All other employees have no access*.
- *Goal Managers have access to view and edit all Goals, regardless of the permissions settings.

### **Updating Goal Access**

You can change employee access to Goals by clicking the Share button in the top right corner of the Goal page.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204017221004.png)

This will open the "Shared with" dialog, where you can update the access by role or employee.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204017221004.png)