Roles & Permissions

Roles define what each team member can do in inkStar. Every user is assigned a role that controls their access level across all features.

Default roles

Role	Description
Owner	Full access to everything
Admin	Full access to everything
Artist	Limited access (no employee management)
Front Desk	Read access to most features

Feature permissions

Each role configures access for these feature areas:

Feature	Description
Contacts	Customer management
Appointments	Appointment management
Calendar	Calendar access
Contracts	Contract management
Invoices	Invoice access
Payments	Payment management
Services	Service catalog
Inventory	Inventory management
Employees	Employee management (no scope — company-wide)
Company Settings	Settings access (no scope — company-wide)
Billing	Billing management (no scope — company-wide)

Access levels

Each feature can be set to:

• None — No access
• Read — View only
• Write — View and edit
• Manage — Full control (including delete)

Resource scope

Most features also have a scope that controls which records the user can access:

• Own — Only records assigned to the user’s employee
• All — All records in the company
• Specific users — Records assigned to specific employees

Report scope

A separate setting controls which employees’ data appears in reports for this role.

Managing roles

Go to Company Settings → User Roles to view and manage roles. Roles can be:

• Created with custom permissions
• Cloned from existing roles
• Edited
• Deleted and restored