The things you can do in ThoughtSpot are determined by the privileges you have. Privileges are granted through group membership.

Note: Starting in December 2021, ThoughtSpot rebranded pinboards as Liveboards. For backward compatibility, we currently support internal processes and external methods that use the older naming convention.

If you are trying to do something in ThoughtSpot, and cannot access the screens to accomplish it, you may not have the correct privileges. In this case, you should contact your administrator and explain what you want to accomplish. Your administrator may be able to grant you additional privileges.

Note: Permissions to see and edit answers and Liveboards are not affected by privileges. They are given when these items are shared with you.

Here are the privileges that the administrator sets, and the capabilities they enable:

Privilege	Description
Can administer ThoughtSpot	Can manage Users and Groups and has view and edit access to all data. Users with this privilege can also download a saved answer.
Can download data	Can download data from search results and Liveboards.
Can share with all users	Can see the names of and share with users outside of the groups the user belongs to. Members of groups with this privilege can also share with groups marked as NOT SHAREABLE.
Can manage data	Can create connections. To view or edit other people's connections, you must have the Can administer ThoughtSpot privilege. Can create worksheets and views. Note that to edit a worksheet or a view created by another user, you must have the Edit permission on that object, and it must be shared with you.
Can use experimental features	Can access trial and experimental features that ThoughtSpot makes available to early adopters.
Can schedule Liveboards	Can create Liveboard schedules and edit their own scheduled jobs.
Has SpotIQ privilege	Can use the SpotIQ feature. If this privilege is not enabled for the user, they can still see "Did you know" SpotIQ insights on the ThoughtSpot home page.
Can administer and bypass RLS	Users in groups with this privilege (directly or through group inheritance): Are exempt from row-level security (RLS) rules. Can add/edit/delete existing RLS rules. Can check or uncheck Bypass RLS on a worksheet. Your installation configuration may enable or disable the availability of this privilege. By default, it is enabled. Administrators or groups with the privilege Can administer ThoughtSpot can grant this privilege.
Has Developer privilege	Can access and use the Developer Portal to explore the ThoughtSpot APIs and developer tools, and build web applications with ThoughtSpot content.
Cannot create or update Liveboards	Users are limited to viewing and exploring curated Liveboards (and Answers). They cannot copy, edit, download, or share them. This privilege is designed to support embedded implementations, and is not available by default. Contact ThoughtSpot Support to enable it. See Granular access to Liveboards for a deeper discussion of this privilege, and an implementation example.

The following table shows the intersection of user privilege and ability:

	Create/Edit WS	Create View	Create Connection	Modify Col. Props.1	Download Data	Share within Group	Share with all users	Manage and bypass RLS rules	CrUD Relationships	Read Relationships	See Hidden Cols	Join with Upload Data	Schema Viewer	Use Scheduler	Use Auto-Analyze	Access Developer Portal
Can administer ThoughtSpot	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y2	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Can download data	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y4	N	N	N	N	N	N
Can manage data	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y4	Y4	Y5	Y	N	N	N	N
Can share with all users	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y4	N	N	N	N	N	N
Has SpotIQ privilege	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y4	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Can Administer and Bypass RLS	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Has Developer privilege	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y
None	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y4	N	N	N	N	N	N
Table notes: Applies to non-owners only. Any tables. Author of at least one table in relationship. Only when read permission for columns used in the relationship. With edit permission.