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title: "Roles and access"
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description: "Assign HR Manager, Project Admin, and Admin roles to streamline project management, employee data configuration, and access control in your organisation."
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# Roles and access

Available in:

**Time**

| **System Roles** |
| --- |
| Employee |
| Team Manager |
| HR Manager |
| Admin |
| ADU Admin (when enabled) |

| **Project Roles** |
| --- |
| Project Admin |
| Project Manager |
| Project Manager + Create |
| Project Manager + Billing |
| Project Manager + Cost |

At least one employee in the organisation should be given HR Manager, Project Admin & Admin roles. This is because these roles make up the configuration of the system.

System Roles

**Admin**

Users with the Admin role have access to the Admin & Config pages located within the respective modules of the application. Admin users do not have access to employee information.

**HR Manager**

Users with the HR Manager role have access to configure employee data within the system. HR Managers do not have access to configure the system.

**Team Manager**

Team Managers can view the Timesheets & Project Logs of the employees they manage.

Project Roles

**Project Admin**

Users with the Project Admin role have the ability to create, view and edit all Projects, Customers, and Tasks as well as view and update the Project Costs & Billings. Project Admins can assign additional Project Manager roles to others in the system.

Project Admins are able to:

- Add Project Managers to any Project
- Remove Project Managers or other Project Admins from any Project
- Add Teams to any Project
- Remove Teams from any Project

**Project Manager**

Users with the Project Manager role can be added as a Project Manager to any Project. This means they will be able to view and edit the main details of the Project.

Project Managers are able to:

- Add other Project Managers to a Project that they manage
- Remove other Project Manages from a Project that they manage
- Add or remove any Team from Project

It is possible to configure Project Managers with the additional roles below. If you configure a Project Manager with all three roles (Create, Billing & Cost) they will have full edit access to the Projects they manage.

**Project Manager + Create**

Project Creators can:

- Create Projects
- Edit Projects that they manage
- Create Customers
- Edit Customers
- Create Tasks & assign to any team
- Edit Tasks

**Project Manager + Billing**

Users with the Project Billing role have the ability to view and manage the Billing associated with Projects that they manage.

**Project Manager + Cost**

Users with the Project Cost role have the ability to view and manage the Costs associated with Projects that they manage.