User Groups and Their Access Rights

EmployeesUpdated 8 Oct 20262 min read

When you add a or modify a user in Workshop Software the choice of Group for the user and if to enable Sales Dashboard and Business Intelligence functions define their access rights.

The User Group options below describe the access a user will have, every group has access to customers, vehicles and the search function.

User Groups

GroupAccess Rights
AdminHas full access. Each subscription must have at least 1 login with ADMIN access.
OwnerDoes not have access to add or modify users on the system, the company subscription tab or any integration functions.
ManagerCannot change users (like OWNER), access Company Settings, Company Listings, Accounting Package integration setup or Supplier integration setup and ordering.
UserCannot access companies or users (like MANAGER), event logs or SMS feature.
Invoice + Cust PayOnly has access to customer payments, invoices, and labour items.
Pay OnlyHas access to all INVOICE ONLY features, customer payments and customer payment items.
Invoice OnlyOnly has access to invoice and labour items.
MechanicHas access to only customer payments, invoices, labour items, products, purchase orders and vendor categories but cannot pull new product information into the system from supplier integrations.
A table showing the same information as in described the text above, User Group access limits for Workshop Software.

Please Note: Access to the Sales Dashboard and Business Intelligence is enabled for each user individually with the "Dashboard Privileges" and "Business Intelligence" toggles.

How to Modify Access Rights

  • Click "Admin" on the sidebar then "Users"
  • Two cropped screenshots of Workshop Software's Dashboard. A cursor numbered 1 indicates to click "Admin", an arrow indicates the second screenshots opens and a cursor numbered 2 indicates to click Users.

    • Click the User's Pen icon to modify their details
    A cropped image of the User list for Workshop Software. The pen shaped icons are highlighted by a red dashed box and a cursor indicates a click on one of the boxes.

    • In the "Group" field drop down select the desired User Group (3).
    • Click the "Dashboard Privileges" (4) and "Business Intelligence" (5) toggles to limit or allow access to the Sales Dashboard and Business Intelligence respectively.
    A cropped image of the User Details settings page inside Workshop Software. Three numbered cursors indicate a click on 3. Group, 4. Dashboard Privileges and 5. Business Intelligence.

    Sales Dashboard users will now see a summary of sales for the past month.

    A cropped image of Workshop Software's dashboard, three boxes containing sales figures are highlighted.

    Business Intelligence users have access to overviews of Customers, Vehicles, Products and a configurable Snapshot tool.

    Workshop Software image

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