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title: "Manage access to Grafana Adaptive Metrics | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Manage access to Grafana Adaptive Metrics"
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# Manage access to Grafana Adaptive Metrics using role-based access control

Use role-based access control (RBAC) to manage permissions for users in Adaptive Metrics.

The following table shows the role names, descriptions, and associated actions that you can assign to users.

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RoleDescriptionAssociated actions

AdminOverall read and write access in Adaptive Metrics

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.recommendations:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.recommendations:apply`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:write`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:delete`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:write`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:delete`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:write`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:delete`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:write`

Config EditorEdit access to Adaptive Metrics plugin configuration

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:write`

Config ReaderRead access to Adaptive Metrics plugin configuration

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:read`

Exemptions EditorEdit access to recommendation exemptions

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:write`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:delete`

Exemptions ReaderRead access to recommendation exemptions

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.exemptions:read`

Plugin AccessAccess to the Adaptive Metrics plugin

- `plugins.app:access` (with `plugins:id:grafana-adaptive-metrics-app` scope)
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`

Rules EditorRead and write access to recommendations and rules

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.recommendations:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.recommendations:apply`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:write`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:delete`

Rules ReaderRead access to recommendations and rules

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.recommendations:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.rules:read`

Segments EditorRead and write access to segments

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:write`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:delete`

Segments ReaderRead access to segments

- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.plugin:access`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.config:read`
- `grafana-adaptive-metrics-app.segments:read`

> Note
> 
> You can assign users to multiple roles.

For a description of supported role-based actions in Adaptive Metrics, refer to [Grafana Adaptive Metrics action definitions](/docs/grafana-cloud/account-management/authentication-and-permissions/access-control/custom-role-actions-scopes/#grafana-adaptive-metrics-action-definitions).

## Assign users to a role

You can assign users to a role in the Grafana Cloud UI or using the HTTP API.

Refer to [Assign fixed roles in the UI using the role picker](/docs/grafana-cloud/account-management/authentication-and-permissions/access-control/assign-rbac-roles/#assign-fixed-roles-in-the-ui-using-the-role-picker) and [RBAC API](/docs/grafana-cloud/developer-resources/api-reference/http-api/access_control/) for more information.