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Available Organization Security Roles

The following security roles are available to assign to User Login Accounts. Find the description of the activities you want your volunteer to perform, and then assign the corresponding role.

Note

All of your organization's helpers with the role of Volunteer, that is, anyone with a RescueGroups.org login who is assigned at least one volunteer-level role, is able to access some of your basic information about Contacts and Animals. See the Volunteer role information in the table below.


Role Name

Activities the volunteer can perform

Volunteer 
(** Recommended for all volunteers)

Can view all of the following:

  • All animal information listed on the animal's record, including that for deceased or adopted animals
  • Animal locations marked as private
  • (Website Service only) All animal files, including those marked as private, only when logged into your organization's website. Please note, without the website service, or to access animal files when not logged into the organization's website, a volunteer must also have the role of Animal Add.
  • Contacts
  • Animal foster information
  • All colonies
  • All adoptions
  • Volunteers-only pages
  • Adopters-only pages
  • Can view and print kennel cards
Role Description

Accounting Admin

Can manage

Manages invoices and payments online

AdopterAccess their My Rescue page (Website Service only) and view any online forms they have submitted, animals they have sponsored, and favorite animals and breeds

Animal Add

Please also see the Animal Admin role, below.

  • Add, edit, and delete animal entries
  • Add and edit animal templates
  • Add, update, and delete animal media
  • Upload, view, and print animal files
  • Add animal relationships
  • Add an adoption for an animal
  • Manage meet requests for the animals
  • Manage Rainbow Bridge entries
Can add new animals
  • Manage custom special lists
  • Create adoption contract PDF
  • Can access the Pet Adoption Kiosk feature

Animal Admin

Can manage

Manages all facets of the organization's animals, including all of the activities for the Animal Add role, plus:

  • Configure animal options
  • View animal history
  • Set fields to "required"
  • Enable and disable fields
  • Update multiple animals (mass update of animals)
  • Delete animal files
  • Manage animal sponsorships
  • Can create and manage Pet Adoption Toolkits 

Animal Attendance Admin

Update Animal Event Attendance

Updates animal event attendance

NOTE: This role is being remodeled. At this time, please also add the Animal Add role for your volunteer in order to completely manage event attendance.

With both roles, this volunteer can:

  • View animal attendance
  • Add, edit, and delete animal attendance information

Animal Foster Update

Can update their own foster animals as well as mark them deleted, but cannot add animals to the organization's account.

Animal Network AdminCan view any animals that are shared in the Animal Network

Animal Picture User

Upload Animal Pictures

Can upload pictures to the animal detail pages on the organization's website (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service).

Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors

Calls Admin

Can add

Adds and

modify

modifies call information as well as

email

emails the

contact

contact 

Calls Operator

Can update

Updates calls assigned to them, but not all calls 

Campaign Admin

Administer Campaigns

Administers email campaigns

Certificates Admin

Can create, void and run reports on certificates
NOTE:This role is in place for future expansion and has no use in the current features for your account.

Certificates User

Can create and print certificates
NOTE: This role is in place for future expansion and has no use in the current features for your account.

Colony Admin

Can update animals, caretakers and journal information related to Colonies

Colony User

Can update colony journal entries

Contacts Add

Add contacts
Can assign a contact to a Contacts Group

Contacts Admin

Add and

Edit

edit contacts
Can add and edit custom Contacts Groups
Can remove a contact from a Contacts Group
Can merge Contacts

Content Admin

Volunteers who can update content on the website (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Doc Admin

Upload

Can add,

Edit and Delete Files

and delete website files (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)
Does not pertain to animal files

Document User

Upload Files

Can view website files (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Event Admin

Add,

Update and Delete Events

Extsync Admin

External Synchronization Admin

update, and delete events

ExtsyncAdmin

The external synchronization admin can view, change, enable, and disable all animal exports. However, this role is only pertinent to the Website Service. Outside of the Website Service, the Animal Add role can view exports, but only the Site Admin can change, enable, or disable animal exports. 

Guestbook Admin

Edit and Delete Guestbook postings

Can edit and delete guestbook entries posted by guests (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Image Admin

Upload and Delete Images

Uploads or deletes images (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Image User

Upload Images

Uploads images (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Inventory Admin

Manages physical inventory and loaner equipment (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Journal Admin

Add

Adds, updates,

Update and Delete Medical Information

and deletes medical information or any other journal entry information

Journal User

View

Journal Entries

journal entries

Look and Feel Admin

Manages the layout selection, logo, custom CSS and color selections for your

website service.

Website Service

Media Admin

Add,

Update and Delete Animal Pictures

update, and delete animal pictures and other media

News Admin

Add and

Delete News Items

delete news items (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Online Form Admin

Online Form Administrators can setup and configure Online Forms. Can view and comment on submitted online forms, can edit steps for a submitted form and change submitted forms' statuses.  Can complete a form for someone else.
  • Sets up and configures online forms
  • Manages online forms questions
  • Manages steps for a submitted form
  • Can view all submitted forms
  • Can view all comments on submitted forms
  • Can comment on submitted forms
  • Can assign a submitted form
  • Can change submitted form status
  • Can contact applicant through form
  • Can complete a form for a contact
  • Can create, edit and run Online Forms reports with the Website Service
  • Can share blank PDF of online forms
  • Can edit submitted form answers

Online Form Manager

  • Can view
and
  • all submitted forms
  • Can view all comments on submitted forms
  • Can comment on submitted
online forms, can edit steps for
  • forms
  • Can assign a submitted form
and change submitted forms' statuses. 
  • Can change submitted form status
  • Can contact applicant through form
  • Can complete a form for
someone else.
  • a contact
  • Can change Pass/Fail status of step
  • Can run reports with the Website Service

Online Form

User

Reviewer

  • Can view all submitted forms
  • Can view
and
  • all comments on submitted forms
  • Can comment on submitted
online forms, can edit steps for
  • forms
  • Can assign a submitted form
and
  • Can change submitted
forms' statuses.  Can complete a form for someone else.

Online Form Reviewer

Can view and comment on submitted online forms, can edit steps for a submitted form and change submitted forms' statuses.

  • form status
  • Can contact applicant through the form
  • Can run reports with the Website Service

Online Form User

  • Can view all submitted forms
  • Can view all comments on submitted forms
  • Can comment on submitted forms
  • Can assign a submitted form
  • Can change submitted form status
  • Can contact applicant through the form
  • Can complete a form for a contact
  • Can change Pass/Fail status of step
  • Can run reports with the Website Service

Photogallery Admin

Can add, delete, and reorder photo gallery pictures (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Memorials Admin
(Rainbow Bridge)

Can add and delete memorials and upload pictures to memorials (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Reports

Can create and run reports

Shop Admin

Administers the organization's online store (this role is only pertinent to the Website Service)

Photogallery Admin

Add, Edit, Delete and Reorder photogallery pictures

Memorials Admin
(Rainbowbridge)

Add and Delete Memorials, Upload pictures

Reports

Create Reports

Shop Admin

Online Store Administrators

Site Admin

Includes all permissions

in addition

for all roles, and also includes permission to administer users, layout, custom pages, and can manage other RescueGroups.org

Services

services.

Info

The Site Admin is the only role which can view and edit the Animal Description Header & Footer and Enable and Add Microchips.

Voicemail Admin

Can administer mailboxes and voicemail passwords

Volunteer

Can view all of the following:

  • All animal information
(all statuses), view private animal locations, view private animal files, view contacts, view animal foster information, view and print a kennel card, view colonies, view adoptions, view volunteers only page, view adopters only page
  • listed on the animal's record, including that for deceased or adopted animals
  • Animal locations marked as private
  • (Website Service only) All animal files, including those marked as private, only when logged into your organization's website. Please note, without the website service, or to access animal files when not logged into the organization's website, a volunteer must also have the role of Animal Add.
  • Contacts
  • Animal foster information
  • All colonies
  • All adoptions
  • Volunteers-only pages
  • Adopters-only pages
  • Can view and print kennel cards
Note
titleNOTE

When adding users to a security role, you may see the roles of Certificate Admin and Certificate User. These roles are in place for future expansion and have no use in the current features for your account.

Info

You can see a report of everyone who has a permission permissions on your Website account by going to Reports > Reports List and running the Users with Website Permissions report.