Overview

This article explains how access control works in ALK — what roles exist, what each role can and can't do, and how workspace-level access builds on top of your organisation-level role. Read this before inviting team members or setting up workspaces for your organisation.

How Access Works

ALK manages access at two levels: your organisation (called an Entity) and individual Workspaces within it. Your organisation-level role applies across everything, while your workspace role controls what you can do inside a specific workspace.

Think of it this way: your entity role is your company-wide clearance, and your workspace role is which rooms you're allowed into.

Organisation-level Roles

To view more information about your organisation-level role permissions, visit settings > team > permissions.

There are four roles at the organisation level:

• Owner has full control of the organisation. Best suited for founders or the primary account holder. Only the Owner can delete workspaces.

• Admin has same permissions as Owner, except Admins cannot remove Owners. Best for IT leads and team managers responsible for inviting users and managing the platform.

• Members are day-to-day contributors. Members can upload files, edit, organise, and save insights, but cannot invite or remove users or manage integrations.

• Viewers have read-only access. Viewers can only see content they've been given access to. No uploads, edits, or configuration changes.

Workspace-level Roles

Within each workspace, members have one of two roles: