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# Roles

This guide explains how roles control access across the Coherent platform.

Roles can be assigned directly to a user or through a team. Use [User Permissions](/coherent-control/user-management/user-permissions.md) for user-level access and [Team Permissions](/coherent-control/user-management/team-permissions.md) for shared team access.

### Roles and menu access

The left-hand menu shows only the sections a user has permission to access. The required role for each menu item is:

| Menu item      | Required role                                   |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Dashboard      | User                                            |
| Groups         | User                                            |
| Workbooks      | User                                            |
| Authors        | User                                            |
| Scan & Catalog | User                                            |
| Control        | User                                            |
| Suggestions    | Suggestion Admin                                |
| Templates      | Template Admin                                  |
| Permissions    | Tenant Admin                                    |
| Orchestration  | Tenant Admin for the Coherent Admin tenant only |
| Activity       | Estate Analysis                                 |
| Forms          | Estate Analysis                                 |

Every user needs at least the **User** role to access the platform. If no roles are assigned, the user will see a **No Access** screen when they sign in and will not be able to reach the Dashboard.

<figure><img src="/files/kQGdGiaHfztvwuMP2eMr" alt="No Access screen"><figcaption><p>No Access screen</p></figcaption></figure>

If you see this screen, contact your tenant administrator to request the appropriate roles.


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