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Default permissions and custom roles

Last updated: 10/2/2026

Default permissions and custom roles control permissions for users and administrators. Default permissions define a baseline for all users, while custom roles allow more specific permissions for selected users or groups. The table below lists all available settings, with additional details in the sections that follow.

Information note

This topic is applicable to Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS, Qlik Sense Business, and Qlik Cloud Government. If you have a subscription for the Standard, Premium, or Enterprise edition of Qlik Cloud Analytics or Qlik Talend Data Integration, see Managing users - Capacity-based subscriptions.

Understanding default permissions

Default permissions provide a tenant-wide baseline of permissions for all users. Administrators can change these permissions by clicking Manage default permissions to remove certain permissions for everyone and restrict broad access.

Understanding custom roles

Custom roles grant additional permissions to selected users or groups. To grant a permission only to specific users, first grant the permission through a custom role and assign the role to those users. Then, set the permission to Not allowed in Manage default permissions.

Permission hierarchy

Default permissions and custom roles, along with built-in security roles, control user and administrator access at the tenant level. Additionally, space roles control user actions on content within specific spaces. For more information about the different types of roles, see Roles and permissions for users and administrators.

Permission settings

The following sections list the permissions available in the default permissions and custom roles.

For each permission in a custom role, the default setting is shown, for example, (Default) Not allowed. This indicates the permission level that applies when the custom role does not override the default setting.

When a permission is Allowed by default, the Not allowed option is not available for that permission in a custom role. Custom roles can only grant additional permissions. They cannot remove permissions that are allowed by default.

Permission settings — Content types

The Content types section contains permissions to take action on different content types. These are user permissions.

Permission settings — Features and actions

The Features and actions section contains permissions for tenant-wide access to special features and actions. These are user permissions.

Permission settings — Admin permissions

The Admin permissions section contains permissions for administrators of the Qlik Cloud tenant.

'In-application content download' permission: Additional details

The value assigned to a user for the In-app content download permission can impact their access to other Qlik Cloud features. The following sections breaks down the difference between each of the available options.

No data

The following apply for the No data option:

  • Allows the user to add static charts to a report template using Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office.

  • Provides full access to Insight Advisor Chat when it is accessed through Qlik Cloud or an external collaboration platform (for example, Microsoft Teams).

Allowed

The following apply for the Allowed option:

  • Allows the user to add static charts to a report template using Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office.

  • Provides full access to Insight Advisor Chat when it is accessed through Qlik Cloud or an external collaboration platform (for example, Microsoft Teams).

Not allowed

The following apply for the Not allowed option:

  • The user cannot add static charts to a report template using Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office.

  • The user will not see static charts in Insight Advisor Chat. The user will also not be able to see any visualizations when using Insight Advisor Chat through a collaboration platform (for example, Microsoft Teams). All other Insight Advisor Chat capabilities, such as natural language insights, will be available.

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