Users - User Permission Recommendations

Written By Kristina Florin (Collaborator)

Updated at June 17th, 2026

Please note, you ultimately have to decide which permissions best fit each of the employees or users within your organization. This list is intended to serve as a baseline to assist in creating roles and assigning permissions.

For more information about creating roles and assigning permissions, check out our article: User Management - Manage Roles and Permissions.

For more information about what a specific permission does, check out our article: Users - User Permissions.

Cashiers (Sales & Service)

Ascend WebApp - Quote Companion App
Cloud Catalog - Add
Customer Groups - Add/Remove Members from Customer Record
Customer Groups - View
Customers
Database Explorer
Deposits, Layaways, Quotes and Work Orders
eCommerce Import
Messages (reminders on login screen)
Multi-Store - Remote Product Lookup Only
Products / Vendor Products - View Only
Remove/Restore Data
Reports - Customer Transaction History - Ascend HQ
Reports - End of Day
Reprint Signature Receipt
Reservations - Manage
Sales - Add
Sales - View
Scheduler
Serialization - Add
Serialization - Edit
Serialization - View

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managers

Advanced Payments
Backup Database
Cash to Deposit
Categories
Commissions
Cost View - DBExplorer / Cloud Catalog
Cost View - Sales Discount Window
Cost View - Trek Order Grids
Customer Groups - Add/Remove Members from Customer Record
Customer Groups - View
Customers
Customers - Import/Export
Database Explorer
Deposits, Layaways, Rentals, Quotes and Work Orders
Desktop Cash Drawer
eCommerce Import
Employee Time Clock - Punch Out
Import/Export Data
Integration - Trek Bike / Parts Grids
Inventory Adjustment Types - View
Inventory Adjustments - Add
Inventory Adjustments - View
Kits
Linking and Merging
Messages
Multi-Store
Multi-Store - Remote Product Lookup Only
Multi-Store - Transfers Check-In
Multi-Store - Transfers Check-Out
Payouts
Products/Vendor Products - View Only
Promotion
Purchase on Account - Edit Customer Eligibility
Purchase on Account - Manage Accounts
Purchase on Account - View Accounts
Remove/Restore Data
Reporting - Ascend HQ
Reporting - Customer/Product Query Tools
Reports   
Reports - Customer Transaction History
Reports - End of Day Only
Reports - Online Reports - All
Reprint Signature Receipt
Reservations - Edit Remote Data
Reservations - Manage
Reservations - Manage Collections
Reservations - Manage Rates
Reservations - Manage Resources
Sales - Add
Sales - Associate Special Orders
Sales - Edit
Sales - View
Scheduler
Serialization - Add
Serialization - Edit
Serialization - View
System Tools
Tax - Sales Item Tax Override
Time Clock
Users - Edit Local User Permissions
Vendor Orders
Vendors
Voids
Work Order Scheduling Override

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrators

Advanced Payments
Backup Database
Bookkeeping - Ascend HQ
Cash to Deposit
Categories
Commissions
Cost View - DBExplorer / Cloud Catalog
Cost View - Sales Discount Window
Cost View - Trek Order Grids
Customer Groups - Add/Edit
Customer Groups - Add/Remove Members from Customer Record
Customer Groups - View
Customers
Customers - Import/Export
Database Explorer
Deposits, Layaways, Rentals, Quotes and Work Orders
Desktop Cash Drawer
Discounts - Manage Reasons
eCommerce Import
Employee Time Clock - Punch Out
Import/Export Data
Integration - Trek Bike / Parts Grids
Inventory Adjustment Types - Edit
Inventory Adjustment Types - View
Inventory Adjustments - Add
Inventory Adjustments - View
Kits
Linking and Merging
Locations
Messages
Multi-Store
Multi-Store - Remote Product Lookup Only
Multi-Store - Transfers Check-In
Multi-Store - Transfers Check-Out
Payment Types
Payouts
Products/Vendor Products - Add/Edit Master Data
Products/Vendor Products - Edit Local Data
Products/Vendor Products - Edit Remote Data
Products/Vendor Products - View Only
Promotion
Purchase on Account - Edit Customer Eligibility
Purchase on Account - Manage Accounts
Purchase on Account - View Accounts
Remove/Restore Data
Reporting - Ascend HQ
Reporting - Customer/Product Query Tools
Reports   
Reports - Advanced SQL Query
Reports - Customer Transaction History
Reports - End of Day Only
Reports - Online Reports - All
Reports - SQL Query
Reprint Signature Receipt
Reservations - Edit Remote Data
Reservations - Manage
Reservations - Manage Collections
Reservations - Manage Rates
Reservations - Manage Resources
Reservations - Override
Sales - Add
Sales - Associate Special Orders
Sales - Edit
Sales - View
Scheduler
Serialization - Add
Serialization - Edit
Serialization - View
System Tools
Tax - Edit Base Tax Rates
Tax - Edit Customer Tax Exceptions
Tax - Sales Item Tax Override
Time Clock
Trek Credit Card Application
Update Ascend
Users - Create Local Users
Users - Edit Local User Permissions
Users - Master User
Vendor Orders
Vendor Updates
Vendors
Voids
Work Order Scheduling Override
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