Built-in global permission sets and available permissions

Built-in global permission sets

Textual comes with the following built-in global permission sets.

Admin

Provides complete access to all global permissions. The Admin permission set automatically receives any new global permissions.

Admin (Environment)

For self-hosted only. Identical to the Admin permission set.

Only assigned to users and groups listed in the value of the environment variable SOLAR_ADMINISTRATORS.

General User

Allows users to create datasets and custom entity types. Users can also use the Home page and the Request Auditor.

By default, the General User permission set is assigned to all Textual users and SSO groups.

Available global permissions

The following tables list the available global permissions, and indicate how the permissions apply to the built-in global permission sets.

Textual API and requests

Permission	General User	Admin and Admin (Environment)
Create an API key	✔️	✔️
Use the playground on the Home page	✔️	✔️
Use the API to parse or redact a text string	✔️	✔️
Use the Request Explorer	✔️	✔️

Configuration management

Permission	General User	Admin and Admin (Environment)
Create custom entity types	✔️	✔️
Edit any custom entity type		✔️

Form label mapping

Permission	General User	Admin and Admin (Environment)
Create form label mappings	✔️	✔️
Edit any form label mapping		✔️

Datasets

Permission	General User	Admin and Admin (Environment)
Create datasets	✔️	✔️
Manage access to datasets		✔️
View all datasets		✔️

Guided redaction

Permission	General User	Admin and Admin (Environment)
Use guided redaction projects	✔	✔
Create guided redaction projects	✔	✔
Control access to all guided redaction projects		✔
View all guided redaction projects		✔
Create redaction reference codes		✔
Edit redaction reference codes		✔
Create guided redaction status values		✔
Edit guided redaction status values		✔

Users and permissions

Permission	General User	Admin and Admin (Environment)
Manage custom permission sets		✔️
Manage access to global permission sets		✔️
View users and groups	✔️	✔️
Manage users and user groups		✔️
View usage metrics		✔️