Teams FAQ

Answers to common questions about teams, permissions, and access control.

General

What is a team?

A team is a group of users that share access to specific datastores at a defined permission level. Teams are the primary mechanism for controlling datastore-level access in Qualytics.

What is the Public team?

The Public team is a default team that every user is automatically part of. It provides access to all datastores assigned to it. The Public team cannot be deleted, and its name and users cannot be edited.

Can a user belong to multiple teams?

Yes. A user can be a member of multiple teams, each granting access to different datastores at different permission levels. The user's effective access is the combination of all their team memberships.

Permissions

What permission levels are available?

Teams can have one of five permission levels: Editor, Author, Drafter, Viewer, or Reporter. See How It Works for detailed permission tables.

Are Admins subject to team permissions?

No. Administrators have full access to all data assets regardless of team membership. Team permissions only apply to users with the Member and Manager roles.

What happens if a user is in two teams with different permissions for the same datastore?

The user gets the highest permission level from their team memberships. For example, if Team A grants Viewer access and Team B grants Editor access to the same datastore, the user will have Editor access.

Management

Who can create and manage teams?

Only users with the Administrator role can create, edit, and delete teams.

Can I assign Service Users to teams?

Yes. Service Users can be assigned to teams to scope their access to specific datastores. This is the recommended way to control what automated integrations can access.

Can I automate team assignments?

Yes. Use Directory Sync to synchronize group memberships from your identity provider to Qualytics teams.