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Roles and Permissions

Roles and permissions control who can create, edit, and view data in Topicflow.

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Common roles

Employee:

• Can manage their own goals, meetings, and feedback
• Can view their own reviews
• Can participate in surveys

Manager:

• Everything employees can do
• Can manage goals and meetings for direct reports
• Can write reviews for direct reports
• Can view feedback for direct reports

HR/People team:

• Can create programs (reviews, surveys)
• Can view organizational reports
• Can manage settings

Organization admin:

• Full access to all settings and data
• Can manage integrations and permissions

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Configuring permissions

Admins can:

• Assign roles to users
• Create custom roles (in some plans)
• Set default permissions for new users

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Best practices

• Grant minimum necessary permissions
• Review permissions regularly
• Use role-based access (not individual exceptions)

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What’s next