This guide is for System Administrators (Requires 'System Admin' role and 'Role Setup' permission).
Overview:
This guide details all Administrator-level permissions in edays, explaining which system features each permission controls.
How Administrator Permissions Work:
Administrator permissions are divided into Access Permissions (system configuration) and Record Permissions (data management). These control what setup pages and records an admin can access and manage.
Administrator Access Permissions:
- Group setup: Group configuration setup
- Role setup: Role management
- Authorisation setup: Approval workflow configuration
- Global rota setup: Global calendar-related setup
- Entitlement setup: Leave allowance configuration
- System setup: Core system configuration
- Absence setup: Absence type management
- Overtime and TOIL setup: Overtime and/or TOIL configuration
- Noticeboard: Noticeboard management
- User templates: Template configuration
- Users: User management pages
- Bulk user update: Mass user editing
- Bulk booking: Mass absence booking
- Licence ordering: License purchasing
- Recycle Bin: Deleted item management
- Notifications: Internal notification system
- Document Portal Admin: Document portal categories (may require additional cost)
- Custom Theming: UI customisation (may require additional cost)
- Workflow Builder: Approval workflow creation
- User Impersonation: User account simulation (Use cautiously)
Administrator Record Permissions:
- Holiday records: Planned absence record data & management
- Sickness records: Unplanned absence record data & management
- Overtime and TOIL records: Overtime and/or TOIL record data & management
- Carry-over records: Entitlement transfer record data & management
Additional Information:
- Key terminology:
- Access Permissions: System configuration rights
- Prerequisites: Requires 'System Admin' role and 'Role Setup' permission
- Tip: Use permission combinations to create custom admin roles
- Warning: User Impersonation exposes sensitive data - restrict carefully
- Best practice: Document permission assignments for auditing
- Note: Some features (Document Portal, Custom Theming) may require additional licensing