Permissions & Roles
Since day one, Arcsecond Portals are built with experience of real astronomical observatories and the various roles inside them. In order to keep things easily understandable and avoid traps of complexity some other SaaS software fell into, we keep a list of only 5 purely-hierarchical roles:
SuperadminAdminMemberObserver(Visitor)Anonymous
Below is a table listing the various permissions associated with each of these roles.
| - | Anonymous | Visitor | Member | Admin | Superadmin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download public data packages and datasets | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Login into organisation portal | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Download their own private datasets | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Download organisation's private data packages and datasets | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Create datasets and upload data files | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Create and delete data packages | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Share data packages with visitors | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Read organisation's information | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Delete datasets or data files | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Invite new organisation members & visitors | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Change members access levels | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Create/associate Observing Sites | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Create/associate Telescopes | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Activate/deactivate Telescopes in the subscription modules | ✔️ | ||||
| Access and handle billing information | ✔️ | ||||
| Close organisation | ✔️ |