Issue Category Permissions Overview

PERMISSIONS NEEDED: CONFIGURATION: ISSUES (for the Issues Module) OR CONFIGURATION: CHANGE CONTROL (for Change Control Module)

Issue Category permissions are configured in the Issue Category itself. Each categories' permissions can be configured differently. All category permissions can be configured when the issue is in a draft state and also when the category is active. 

To find category permission settings for either an issue category, from the Main Dashboard, navigate to Settings - Configuration - Issues:

From the list of issue categories, select the category you would like to configure the permissions for by clicking on the hyperlinked name of the category:

In the "General Settings" of this category, next to "Roles/Permissions for all Versions", click on "Manage Roles/Permissions". When doing so, the permissions slider box will appear on the righthand side of the screen:

Here, in the slider, are all permissions that can be granted to roles for this specific issue category. 

There are 11 permissions in all:

Please click on the permissions below to see more information:

Permission #1 - Can Edit All Settings in this Category

Permission #2 - Can See All Issues (Read Access Only)

Permission #3 - Can Edit Any Active Stage of Issue

Permission #4 - Can Edit Completed Stages of Any Issue (Super Editor) 

Permission #5 - Can Create New Issues 

Permission #6 - Can Delete Issues

Permission #7 - Can Cancel All Signatures and Revert to Prior Stage

Permission #8 - Can Delegate Signatures For Any Active Workflow

Permission #9 - Can Approve Stage/Task Due Date Extensions

Permission #10 - Receives Escalation Notices For Past Due Stages/Tasks:

Here is an example of an escalation notice that users with this permission will receive via email. Users will receive this notice if they are the stage assignee, task assignee, task owner, and project assignee even if they have completed their part and others were assigned to that task/stage as well and they did not complete it yet:

Permission #11 - Can Access Audit Trail Data For Items In This Category:

Users with this permission can access the audit trail that is located on the issue itself if they are project assignees. To access the audit trail, users will click on the 3 dot symbol and select "Audit Trail":