Privileges and access
The things you can do in ThoughtSpot are determined by the privileges you have. Privileges are granted through group membership.
| Starting in May 2022, ThoughtSpot rebranded pinboards as Liveboards. For backward compatibility, we currently support internal processes and external methods that use the older naming convention. |
If you are trying to do something in ThoughtSpot, and cannot access the screens to accomplish it, you may not have the correct privileges. In this case, you should contact your administrator and explain what you want to accomplish. Your administrator may be able to grant you additional privileges.
| Permissions to see and edit answers and Liveboards are not affected by privileges. They are given when these items are shared with you. |
Privileges in ThoughtSpot
Here are the privileges that the administrator sets, and the capabilities they enable:
- Can administer ThoughtSpot
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Can manage Users and Groups and has view and edit access to all data. Users with this privilege can also download a saved Answer.
- Can upload user data
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Can upload their own data from the application’s Data page using .
- Can download data
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Can download data from search results and Liveboards.
- Can manage data
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Can create worksheets, views, and SQL views. Can create connections to external databases. Can manage DataFlow.
To edit a worksheet or a view created by another user, you must have the Edit permission on that object, and it must be shared with you.
- Can use experimental features
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Can access trial and experimental features that ThoughtSpot makes available to early adopters.
- Can invoke Custom R Analysis
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Can access R scripts to further explore search answers. Includes options to invoke R scripts on visualizations, create and share custom scripts, and share the results of R analysis as answers and Liveboards.
- Can schedule for others
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Can create and edit Liveboard schedules for other users and groups.
If a user previously had Can schedule for others privileges and the permission was removed, their existing schedules would continue to send as before. As owners of a Liveboard schedule, they could delete the schedule, but could not add or remove existing users.
- Has SpotIQ privilege
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Can use the SpotIQ feature.
If this privilege is not enabled for the user, but Insights are enabled on the cluster (this is off by default), they can still see "Did you know" SpotIQ insights on the ThoughtSpot home page.
- Can administer and bypass RLS
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Users in groups with this privilege (directly or through group inheritance):
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Are exempt from row-level security (RLS) rules.
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Can add/edit/delete existing RLS rules.
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Can check or uncheck Bypass RLS on a worksheet.
Your installation configuration may enable or disable the availability of this privilege. By default, it is enabled. Administrators or groups with the privilege Can administer ThoughtSpot can grant this privilege.
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Combining user privileges
The following table shows the intersection of user privilege and ability:
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Create/Edit WS
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Create View
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Create Embrace Connection
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Modify Col. Props.1
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Upload Data
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Download Data
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Share within Group
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Share with all users
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Manage RLS rules
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CrUD Relationships
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Read Relationships
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See Hidden Cols
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Join with Upload Data
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Schema Viewer
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Use Scheduler
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Use Auto-Analyze
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| Can administer ThoughtSpot | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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Can upload user data
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N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Y3
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Y4
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N | N | N | N | N |
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Can download data
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N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
Y4
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N | N | N | N | N |
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Can manage data
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Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Y4
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Y4
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Y5
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Y | N | N | N |
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Can share with all users
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N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Y4
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N | N | N | N | N |
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Has SpotIQ privilege
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N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Y4
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N | N | N | N | Y |
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Can Administer and Bypass RLS
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N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| None | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
Y4
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N | N | N | N | N |
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Table notes:
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