Roles and permissions
All roles
Every account has exactly one role. The role decides which pages open and which actions are available. Your role is shown on the Settings page.
The three roles
Section titled “The three roles”| Role | Scope | Typical person |
|---|---|---|
| Customer admin | Every active store in your organization | Head office, operations lead |
| Store admin | The stores you have been assigned to | Store or area manager |
| Store viewer | The stores you have been assigned to | Staff who read the numbers |
A store admin or store viewer can be assigned to several stores. All of them belong to the same organization.
Bon staff use separate internal roles to install devices, create organizations and invite users. Those actions are not available in the customer-facing console.
Pages by role
Section titled “Pages by role”| Page | Customer admin | Store admin | Store viewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Store page | All stores | Assigned stores | Assigned stores |
| Devices | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rankings | Yes | Assigned stores | Assigned stores |
| Compare | Yes | Assigned stores | Assigned stores |
| Reporting | Yes | No | No |
| Ask Bon | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Notifications | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Settings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Admin: Your customer page | Yes | No | No |
| Admin: Stores list | Yes | Yes (read) | No |
| Admin: Store details | Yes | No | No |
| Admin: Activity log | Yes | No | No |
Opening a page your role cannot access shows an Access denied page with a link back to your home page.
Actions by role
Section titled “Actions by role”| Action | Customer admin | Store admin | Store viewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read dashboards and charts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export a chart to CSV or Excel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Run a comparison | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create, pause, run and delete scheduled reports | Yes | No | No |
| Download a scheduled report | Yes | No | No |
| Create, edit and delete stores | Yes | No | No |
| Change operating hours, capacity, counting settings | Yes | No | No |
| Remove a user from a store | Yes | No | No |
| Remove a customer admin | Yes | No | No |
| View the activity log | Yes | No | No |
| Change own password and language | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What only Bon can do for you
Section titled “What only Bon can do for you”Some changes are made by Bon support on request. Email info@bonintel.com for:
- Inviting a new user or changing someone’s role. The console lets a customer admin remove access, but new invitations are sent by Bon.
- Brand colors and logo for your organization.
- Installing, moving or reconfiguring a device, including camera zones and counting lines.
- Creating a new organization.
When a change takes effect
Section titled “When a change takes effect”Role and store assignments are read when you sign in. If your access changes while you are signed in, sign out and back in to see the new pages.

