Global permissions

A global permission is a permission that applies across all Collibra applications. It can be added to a global role.

The following table contains an overview of the global permissions and the default configuration of the packaged global roles.

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Use these options to filter the columns of the table to your needs:

Global permission Global permission Description Required license Assessments
(Consumer)
Asset Grid Admin
(Consumer)
Catalog
(Consumer)
Catalog Author
(Author)
Data Dictionary
(Consumer)
DataSteward
(Consumer)
DataSteward Author
(Author)
Edge integration engineer (Author)
(Author)
Edge manager
(Author)
Edge site
(Author)
Edge site administrator
(Author)
Glossary
(Consumer)
Helpdesk
(Consumer)
Insights
(Author)
Policy Manager
(Consumer)
ReferenceData
(Consumer)
Sysadmin
(Author)

Asset grid

Asset grid

The Asset grid global permission contains global permissions that allow users to configure asset grids.

                                   
Administration

Asset grid

Administration

The Asset grid > Administration global permission allows users to create and manage asset grids.

Note This global permission is only visible if Asset Grid Permission is enabled in Collibra Console.

Consumer

Catalog

Catalog

The Catalog global permission contains global permissions that allow users to use advanced features of Data Catalog.

                                   
Advanced Data Type

Catalog

Advanced Data Type

The Catalog > Advanced Data Type permission group contains global permissions that allow users to manage advanced data types.

                                   
Add

Catalog Advanced Data type

Add

The Catalog > Advanced Data Type > Add global permission allows users to create advanced data types.

Author

Remove

Catalog Advanced Data type

Remove

The Catalog > Advanced Data Type > Remove global permission allows users to delete advanced data types.

Author

Update

Catalog Advanced Data type

Update

The Catalog > Advanced Data Type > Update global permission allows users to edit advance data types.

Author

Register Profiling Information

Catalog

Register Profiling Information

The Catalog > Register Profiling Information global permission allows API users to enable data profiling when registering a data source.

Author

Technical Lineage

Catalog

Technical Lineage

The Catalog > Technical Lineage global permission allows users to see the technical lineage of a data source.

Consumer

Edge

Edge

The Edge global permission contains global permissions that allow users to install and manage Edge sites.

Note Currently, Edge is an on-demand cloud service. It will only become the default service once the migration from Jobserver to Edge is complete.

                                   
Connect as Edge site to Collibra

Edge

Connect as Edge site to Collibra

The Edge > Connect as Edge site to Collibra permission allows Edge sites to connect to Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud.

Consumer

Install Edge sites

Edge

Install Edge sites

The Edge > Install Edge sites permission allows users to download the installer and properties file that you need to install an Edge site.

Consumer

Manage Edge sites

Edge

Manage Edge sites

The Edge > Manage Edge sites permission allows users to create, edit and delete Edge sites.

Consumer

Manage connections and capabilities

Edge

Manage connections and capabilities

The Edge > Manage connections and capabilities permission allows users to add, edit and delete connections and capabilities.

Consumer

View Edge connections and capabilities

Edge

View Edge connections and capabilities

The Edge > View Edge connections and capabilities permission allows users to open and see the connections and capabilities of an Edge site.

Consumer

Insights

Insights

The Insights global permission groups contains global permissions related to Insights.

                                   
Download the Insights reporting data

Insights

Download the Insights reporting data

The Insights > Download the Insights reporting data global permission allows users to download the data from Insights.

Author

View Insights reports

Insights

View Insights reports

The Insights > View Insights reports global permission allows users to open and see Insights reports.

Consumer

Product Rights

Product Rights

The Product Rights permission group contains global permissions that allow users to access Collibraapplications.

                                   
Assessments

Product Rights

Assessments

The Product Rights > Assessments global permission allows users to access the Assessments application.

Consumer

Business Semantics Glossary

Product Rights

Business Semantics Glossary

The Product Rights > Business Semantics Glossary global permission allows users to access the Business Glossary application.

Consumer

Catalog

Product Rights

Catalog

The Product Rights > Catalog global permission allows users to access the Data Catalog application.

Consumer

Data Dictionary

Product Rights

Data Dictionary

The Product Rights > Data Dictionary global permission allows users to access the Data Dictionary application.

Consumer

Data Helpdesk

Product Rights

Data Helpdesk

The Product Rights > Data Helpdesk global permission allows users to access the Data Helpdesk application.

Consumer

Data Stewardship Manager

Product Rights

Data Stewardship Manager

The Product Rights > Data Stewardship Manager global permission allows users to access the Data Stewardship application.

Consumer

Edge

Product Rights

Edge

The Product Rights > Edge global permission allows users to manage Edge.

Author

Policy Manager

Product Rights

Policy Manager

The Product Rights > Policy Manager global permission allows users to access the Policy Manager application.

Consumer

Reference Data Manager

Product Rights

Reference Data Manager

The Product Rights > Reference Data Manager global permission allows users to access the Reference Data application.

Consumer

System Administration

Product Rights

System Administration

The Product Rights > System Administration global permission allows users to manage all sections of the Collibra Settings, including the general settings, the operating model , roles, permissions, users, groups and workflows.

Author

User Administration

Product Rights

User Administration

The Product Rights > User Administration global permission allows users to manage users and groups.

Author

Workflow Administration

Product Rights

Workflow Administration

The Product Rights > Workflow Administration global permission allows users to access the Workflow tab page of the Collibra Settings.

Author

Resources

Resources

The Resources permission group contains global permissions that allow users to see and manage assets, domains and communities.                                    
Manage all resources

Resources

Manage all resources

The Resources > Manage all resources global permission allows users to see and manage all assets, domains and communities regardless of responsibilities.

Author

Tags

Tags

The Tags permission group contains global permissions that allow users to see and manage tags in the Data Stewardship application.                                    
Manage tags

Tags

Manage tags
The Tags > Manage tags global permission allows users to edit and delete tags on the tags page in the Data Stewardship application. Author

View tags

Tags

View tags
The Tags > View tags global permission allows users to see the Tags Overview page in the Data Stewardship application. Consumer

View Permissions

View Permissions

The View Permissions permission group contains global permissions that allow users to see all views, which includes dashboards, diagram views, asset views, search filters and relation views on an asset page.

                                   
View All

View Permissions

View All

The View Permissions > View All global permission allows users to see all views, which includes dashboards, diagram views, asset views, search filters and relation views on an asset page.

Consumer

Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Views, Dashboards, Search filters

The Views, Dashboards, Search filters permission group contains global permissions that allow users to manage and share views, dashboards and search filters.

                                   
Manage shared Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Manage shared Views, Dashboards, Search filters

The Views, Dashboards, Search filters > Manage shared Views, Dashboards, Search filters global permission allows users to share, edit and delete views, dashboards and search filters that are shared.

Author

Manage your own Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Manage your own Views, Dashboards, Search filters

The Views, Dashboards, Search filters > Manage your own Views, Dashboards, Search filters global permission allows users to edit and delete your own views, dashboards and search filters.

Consumer

Share your own Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Views, Dashboards, Search filters

Share your own Views, Dashboards, Search filters

The Views, Dashboards, Search filters > Share you own Views, Dashboards, Search filters global permission allows users to share your own views, dashboards and search filters.

Consumer

Workflow

Workflow

The Workflow permission group contains global permissions that allow users to manage workflows.

                                   
Manage all workflows

Workflow

Manage all workflows

The Workflow > Manage all workflows global permission allows users to see, reassign and delete all running workflow tasks.

Author

Use workflow message events

Workflow

Use workflow message events

The Workflow > Use workflow message events global permission allows users to retrieve workflow messages.

Note This is used for API users. For more information, see Workflow permissions.

Consumer