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# Roles & Permissions

## This articles shows Roles and Permissions for Visitors and Clients, Staff, Managers, and Owners 

### Roles and Permissions:

- **Visitors and Clients** 
- **Staff**

**Summary**

[opus1.io](http://opus1.io) assigns roles with specific permissions to users interacting with the application. 

We recognize two general categories of users:

-  **Clients** - someone who doesn't work for the business but benefits from services provided by the business.
-  **Staff** - someone who works for the business, such as a front desk staff, manager, teacher, or instructor, etc.

**Note:** Every **Staff** is also a **Client**, since they may also benefit from the service provided (e.g taking lessons, buying music books etc.), and has a **client profile**.

**Note:** A **visitor** is neither a client nor staff, but someone browsing your business's Opus1.io without being authenticated. That individual may have an account and is not logged in or may be a prospective client. 

### Visitors and Clients

**Visitors** is anyone that visits your [opus1.io](http://opus1.io)portal. Visitors can browse your self-booking interface - your services, appointments, group staff, available time slots, and book services. Visitors must register an account in order to complete booking by entering their name, email, phone number, and their dependents' information - name, date of birth, etc. - if applicable. Once they registered an account, they become a **Client**.

**Clients** have an account with your [opus1.io](http://opus1.io) business. They can self-book and get quotes for appointments and services, (if enabled) communicate directly with their Teacher/ Instructor, view their account invoices and service credits, add / remove payment methods, cancel appointments (lessons) and book make ups for example. 

Note that someone may have a registered account but will still be a visitor until they log in. 

### Limited Staff, Staff, Managers, and Owners

[Opus1.io](http://opus1.io)assigns permissions to staff according to the following roles, listed in order of increasing permissions: 

- **Limited staff** 
- **Staff**
- **Managers**  
- ** Owners** 

These roles are for your organization's employees (teachers/instructors, admin/front desk, managers / directors, and owners). 

**Limited staff** are typically teachers/instructors providing services to clients for your organization. Limited staff can only view and interact with their own clients (i.e client they have provided a service for in the last 15 days, or within the next 15 days).

More specifically, **Limited staff** can:

- Post client comments for their own clients/students (those will be visible by the client him/herself and their account managers. staff, managers and owners can also view client comments.
- Submit time-off requests for themselves and see the status of the time-off requests. \* See their own payroll.
- Upload files to their own files library, download, and share them with their own clients/students.
- View their upcoming group classes / appointments.
-  Enroll their own students to performing events (recitals, concerts, show case etc).

Limited staff do not have access to clients' personal information (except their name and age, or if they are a dependent), nor do they have access to the account managers' personal information.

Limited staff cannot, by default, take attendance or cancel their own appointments / services. However, you can [customize individual limited staff's permissions](https://kb.opus1.io/customizing-limited-staff-permissions?hsLang=en).

**Staff** are typically front desk, admins, or office managers. This role is permitted to address day to day operations for your organization.

More specifically, **Staff** can: 

- Access and edit clients' private information such as name, phone numbers, email address, etc., as well as invoices, service, monetary credits, and schedules.
- View (but not edit) other staff private information such as name, phone numbers, email addresses, appointment availabilities, bios, categorized tags, etc.
- Enroll clients in group classes.
- Book and reschedule appointments, as well as change assigned location, rooms, and staff.
- Bach update and batch cancel on the main calendar.
- Batch email clients on the main calendar.
- Take attendance individually or as a batch.
- Update active subscription settings, such as discounts, late fees, auto-pay etc., and end / put on hold subscriptions.
- View and download all clients and staff files.
- Post & view staff comments (staff comments are visible by all staff, managers and owners, not by clients and limited Staff).
- View client comments.
- Process invoice payments; refund / void payment transactions; apply discounts to and void invoices.
- Process charges to clients (e.g retail, fees).
- Process staff time off requests that are assigned to them.
- See overdue invoices reporting.

Staff **cannot**:

- Create limited staff, staff, managers or owners, nor modify their information.
- See or edit limited staff, staff, managers', or owners' pay rates.
- Create or modify services settings.
- Plan events or group classes.
- See financial metrics on the main dashboard.
- Modify business settings (e.g creating self-booking links).

**Managers** can:

- Create limited staff and staff, and modify their personal information
- Run payroll (*configurable per manager*).
- See and set limited staff pay rates (*configurable per manager*).
- Manage staff availability.
- Approve and update time-off requests.
- Create time-off requests on behalf of others.
- Override appointment / group class status (E.g. take a canceled appointment and make it active again).

Managers **cannot** view financial information like revenue, modify certain business settings on your opus1.io, or create new services.

**Owner** is a role reserved for business owners and it the **most permissive role**. Only owners can view financial information, modify certain business settings on your [opus1.io](http://opus1.io)account, create, modify, and delete services, appointments, and locations.

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    - [General](https://kb.opus1.io/account-troubleshooting?hsLang=en#general)
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- [Business](https://kb.opus1.io/business?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [General](https://kb.opus1.io/business?hsLang=en#general)
    - [Business Profile & Billing](https://kb.opus1.io/business?hsLang=en#business-profile-billing)
    - [Client Data & Forms](https://kb.opus1.io/business?hsLang=en#client-data-forms)
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    - [Enrollment](https://kb.opus1.io/calendar-scheduling?hsLang=en#enrollment)
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    - [Account Managers & Dependents](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#account-managers-dependents)
    - [Client Experience](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#client-experience)
    - [Client Records](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#client-records)
    - [Credits](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#credits)
    - [Gift Cards](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#gift-cards)
    - [Invoices](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#invoices)
    - [Payments & Auto-Pay](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#payments-auto-pay)
    - [Subscriptions](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#subscriptions)
    - [Waitlist Notifications](https://kb.opus1.io/clients?hsLang=en#waitlist-notifications)
- [Communication](https://kb.opus1.io/communication?hsLang=en#main-content)

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    - [Voice](https://kb.opus1.io/communication?hsLang=en#voice)
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    - [Email Campaigns](https://kb.opus1.io/grow-your-music-school?hsLang=en#email-campaigns)
    - [Get Found & Capture Leads](https://kb.opus1.io/grow-your-music-school?hsLang=en#get-found-capture-leads)
    - [Reviews & Reputation](https://kb.opus1.io/grow-your-music-school?hsLang=en#reviews-reputation)
- [Payment Processing](https://kb.opus1.io/payment-processing?hsLang=en#main-content)

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- [Reporting](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Attendance](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#attendance)
    - [Credits](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#credits)
    - [Invoices](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#invoices)
    - [Subscriptions](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#subscriptions)
    - [Transactions](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#transactions)
    - [Data Exports](https://kb.opus1.io/reporting?hsLang=en#data-exports)
- [Services](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Appointments](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#appointments)
    - [Building Services](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#building-services)
    - [Cancellation](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#cancellation)
    - [Events](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#events)
    - [Optimization & Conversion](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#optimization-conversion)
    - [Payment Plans](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#payment-plans)
    - [Sessions](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#sessions)
    - [Subscription-Only](https://kb.opus1.io/services?hsLang=en#subscription-only)
- [Staff](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Availability & Self-Booking](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#availability-self-booking)
    - [Calendar Sync](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#calendar-sync)
    - [Onboarding & Offboarding](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#onboarding-offboarding)
    - [Payroll & Compensation](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#payroll-compensation)
    - [Roles & Permissions](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#roles-permissions)
    - [Teacher Tools & Access](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#teacher-tools-access)
    - [Time-off](https://kb.opus1.io/staff?hsLang=en#time-off)
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