Recommended User Roles

Recommended User Roles

Below you will find tables of recommended permission settings based on three major typical roles within a firm. These roles vary from firm to firm, of course, but the given permissions are recommended.

  • Advisor
  • Home Office Admin
  • Home Office Trader

Advisor Role

Permission View Create Edit Delete
Communicate / Contacts 1 X X X X
Communicate / Launch X
Grow Practice / Dashboard / Opportunities 1 X X X X
Grow Practice / Digital Advice 1 X X X X
Grow Practice / Fee Calculation 1 X
Grow Practice / Portfolio Builder X
Grow Practice / Strategy Selection Only X
Grow Practice / Supplemental Form X
Manage Clients / Client Dashboard 1 X
Manage Clients / Client Profile 1 X
Manage Clients / Notifications 1 X X
Manage Clients / Performance 1 X
Manage Clients / Profile / Documents 1 X X X
Notifications / Account X
Notifications / Cash X
Run Business / Grouping 1 X X
Run Business / Revenue 1 X
User Profiles - Views X

1 Permissions in these sections will be further restricted by the User’s Rep and Office Codes settings.

Home Office Administrators

Permission View Create Edit Delete
Admin / Document X X X X
Admin / Instrument List X X X X
Admin / Model X X X X
Admin / Question X X X X
Admin / Questionnaire X X X X
Communicate / Contacts 1 X X X X
Communicate / Integrations (Redtail only) X X X X
Communicate / Launch X
Grow Practice / Customization X
Grow Practice / Customization / Forms X X X X
Grow Practice / Customization / Report Packages X X X X
Grow Practice / Customization / Report Packages / Admin X
Grow Practice / Dashboard / Opportunities 1 X X X X
Grow Practice / Digital Advice 1 X X X X
Grow Practice / Document Approval 1 X X
Grow Practice / Fee Calculation 1 X X
Grow Practice / Forms Library X
Grow Practice / Manual Approval X
Grow Practice / Portfolio Builder X
Grow Practice / Strategy Selection Only X
Grow Practice / Supplemental Form X
Manage Clients / Client Dashboard 1 X
Manage Clients / Client Profile 1 X
Manage Clients / Notifications 1 X X
Manage Clients / Order Status (Pershing Only) X
Manage Clients / Performance 1 X
Manage Clients / Profile / Documents 1 X X X
Manage Clients / SmartLeaf 1 (Pershing Only) X
Manage Clients / Trade Files 1 X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Fees (Pershing Only) X X X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Funding (Pershing Only) X X X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Model Changes (Pershing Only) X X X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Money In (Pershing Only) X X X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Money Out (Pershing Only) X X X
Manage Clients / Workflow / New Accounts (Pershing Only) X X X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Trading X X X
Notifications / Account X
Notifications / Cash X
Notifications / Service X
Notifications / Trade X
Run Business / Billing 1 X X X
Run Business / Dashboard 1 X
Run Business / Firm Profile - Advisor X X X X
Run Business / Firm Profile - Firm X X
Run Business / Firm Profile - Platform Settings X X
Run Business / Firm Profile - Subtenant X X X X
Run Business / Grouping 1 X X
Run Business / Model Changes X
Run Business / Revenue 1 X X
Run Business / Revenue - Run billing X X X
Run Business / Roles X X X X
Run Business / Users - End-Client Access 1 X X X
Run Business / Users - General X X X X
User Profiles - Views X

1 Permissions in these sections will be further restricted by the User's Rep and Office Codes settings.

Home Office Trader

Permission View Create Edit Delete
Communicate / Launch X
Manage Clients / Trade Files 1 X
Manage Clients / Notifications X X
Manage Clients / Order Status (Pershing Only) X
Manage Clients / Performance X
Manage Clients / Smartleaf (Pershing Only) X
Manage Clients / Workflow / Funding (Pershing Only) X X X
Notifications / Account X
Notifications / Cash X
Notifications / Service X
Notifications / Trade X

1 Permissions in these sections will be further restricted by the User's Rep and Office Codes settings.

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