Permissions
How Organization roles and Session / Map Role permissions work together on Eddy.
Eddy uses two permission layers. They answer different questions.
| Layer | Question it answers | Where you set it |
|---|---|---|
| Organization permissions | Who can administer this Organization and its workspaces? | Organization / workspace Members and settings |
| Session / Map Role permissions | Who can see, edit or progress a stage in a running Session? | Map builder — roles on stages |
Being an Organization Member does not by itself let someone edit every Session. Being assigned a Map Role in a Session does not make them an Organization admin.
Organization permissions
Organization roles control access to the Organization and its workspaces:
| Role | Typical powers |
|---|---|
| Owner | Membership, settings, billing when available, Organization lifecycle. Can add or remove other owners. |
| Admin | Manage Members and workspaces within owner-set limits. |
| Member | Use workspaces and Maps according to what the Organization and Map assignments allow. |
Owners act for the Organization on billing and high-impact settings. Eddy may rely on instructions from someone who reasonably appears authorised. See Terms of Use §6.5.
Session and Map Role permissions
Maps define Map Roles (for example Submitter, Reviewer, Approver). Stages are assigned those roles. When a Session starts, people are cast into those roles.
Each role on a stage can have:
| Flag | Effect |
|---|---|
| Can write | Edit data on that stage |
| Can progress | Complete the stage and move the process forward |
A role can also be marked as session admin — view any stage, rewind or reopen, reassign people, archive. Session admin is Map-scoped oversight, not Organization ownership.
Full detail: Roles and Sessions.
How the layers combine
Example: Alice is an Organization Member. Bob is a Guest on a start link.
- Alice opens the workspace because of Organization membership.
- A Session starts. Alice is assigned Map Role Reviewer; Bob is assigned Applicant.
- Bob can fill the applicant stages. He cannot open Organization settings or invite Members.
- Alice can review her stages. She cannot change Organization billing. She can only session-admin if her Map Role allows it.
Remove Alice from the Organization and her membership-based access ends. Bob was never a Member; his Session access follows the Guest / Map Role rules for that Session.
Related
- Membership and Roles