Assigning appropriate User Roles provides the ability to expand or restrict the actions and access of your users within the Waitwhile platform.
See Role Permissions
Under Settings > User Roles click "See All Permissions" to view a helpful summary of your current roles and their level of permissions.
User Role Types
Owner - highest permissions level
Admin - has access to settings and analytics
Editor - does not have access to settings but can perform actions related to the Waitlist/Bookings
Reader - view only user who cannot make changes or perform any actions
Detailed Descriptions of User Roles
Owner
There must always be at least one account user with the Owner role on an account. Owner users have the highest permissions level allowing them to view and edit all locations on the account. Before a user is assigned the Owner role, you will want to be sure that they can be trusted with having complete access to all locations, settings and customer/visit data.
Ways a user can be made an Owner:
Being the original user to create the account
Use the API to create a new user with the Owner role, or update an existing user with the Owner role
Reach out to Waitwhile Support to create a new Owner user or to have an existing user updated as an Owner (request must be made or authorized by an existing account owner or account manager)
Admin
An Owner user can assign the Admin role when inviting a new user or when editing an existing user (Settings > Users).
Have the ability to manage locations and edit settings for all locations that they have been assigned to.
Can view/export Analytics, and Import/Export customers data (if included in your subscription plan).
Cannot make changes to Customer Info fields, Resources, or Services that are shared with other locations that they do not have access to
Can generate API keys but can only use them to access information from locations they have been assigned to
This role is best suited for a user who is responsible for managing one or more locations, or who needs to be able to view/export analytics or customer/visit data.
If you do not wish for an Admin to have access to certain settings, reach out to Waitwhile Support to have those settings disabled.
Editor
All new users (after initial creation of the account) are given the Editor role by default.
An Editor user does not have access to any location settings or analytics reporting, but can perform actions related to the Waitlist or Bookings, such as adding a person to the Waitlist, creating a new booking, changing the state of a visit (Serving/Completed/etc), and sending alerts.
This role is best suited for someone who has been tasked with managing an active Waitlist or the Booking calendar, but you do not want them to be able to make any changes to the location's settings, or to view/export account data.
Reader
Reader users are able to view everything that an Editor user can, however, they cannot perform any actions on the locations that they are assigned to.
This role is best suited for someone who needs to view the Waitlist or the Booking calendar, but you do not want them to be able to make any changes.
Any attempt to perform an action (ie. adding someone to a Waitlist, sending an alert, etc) will produce an "Insufficient scope" error.
A user can only be assigned the Reader role via the API, or by Waitwhile Support.
Create a Custom Role
If you're on the Business and Enterprise plan, you can create a new custom role with the specific permissions that you need.
Assigning User Roles
Now that you know about the various user roles, let's go over how to assign a role to a user. When you add a User in Settings > Users you will have to assign a role to the new user in the Role drop down menu. You can assign one role or multiple roles to the new user. Confirm and they will receive an email to accept the invite as a new user on the account.
