User Roles in Matomo

Roles determine what a user can and can’t do. There are currently four predefined roles in Matomo: View, Write, Admin and Superuser.

• The View role allows a user to see reports and create their own segments for a website.
• The Write role is the same as the View role, except the user can also create (and update and delete) a website’s Goals, Forms, Funnels, A/B tests, Heatmaps, Session Recordings, etc. if they desire.
• The Admin role is one step above the Write role in that it allows a user to view and configure reports as well as the website (measurable) settings, and manage user access for the specific website.
• The Superuser role is the most powerful role and gives the user the ability to do anything to any website, as well as enable/disable plugins and set global system settings.

With the exception of the Superuser role, all roles are tied to a website. So, a user could have View access to one website and have Admin access to another. As a result, you can control access more accurately and securely.