Aconex Field project roles and permissions

Access roles

An access role allows a person to login to Aconex Field on a project, and determines what they can actually do on that project.

This table shows which permissions are associated with the various user roles available in Aconex Field. All participants in a project that has Field enabled will have Observer permissions by default.  

* Inspectors can only edit and close issues/inspections that their organization has created.

Inspector role

Inspectors are able to:

• view issues that their organization has either created or been assigned, or which have been shared to their organization
• view inspections that their organization has created or been assigned or which have been shared to their organization
• generate reports
• create, assign and reinspect issues
• start and close inspections
• edit and close issues that their organization has created    
• send lists.

Assignee role

Assignees can:

• view issues that their organization has either created or been assigned, or which have been shared to their organization
• view inspections that their organization has created or been assigned or which have been shared to their organization
• generate reports
• rectify an issue by changing its status to 'Work done', to inform the Inspector the status of an issue that their organization has been assigned.

Observer role

Observers are able to:

• view issues that their organization has either created or been assigned, or which have been shared with their organization
• view inspections that their organization has created or been assigned or which have been shared to their organization
• generate reports.

Administrator roles

Administrator roles allow a person to access Field settings as described below.

Project Administrator role

Project Administrators are able to:

• perform all actions under the Inspector role
• add users from their organization and assign them roles
• add organizations their organization works with
• add users from other organizations and assign them roles
• create and edit the auto-suggest lists for their organization
• create and edit areas for the project
• create and edit issue types for the project
• create and edit inspection templates for their organization
• manage inspection templates across the project.

Inspector Administrator role

Inspector Administrators can:

• perform all actions under the Inspector role
• add users from their organization and assign them roles (except the Project Administrator role)
• add organizations their organization works with
• add users from other organizations
• create and edit the auto-suggest lists for their organization
• create and edit inspection templates for their organization
• manage inspection templates across the project.

Assignee Administrator role

Assignee Administrators are able to:

• perform all actions under the Assignee role
• add users from their organization and assign them roles (except the Inspector, Inspector Administrator and Project Administrator roles)

Observer Administrator role

Observer Administrators can:

• perform all actions under the Observer Role
• add users from their organization and assign them the Observer Administrator or Observer role only.