Cost Management offers various permission levels that allow you to control access to sensitive financial data. Understanding these permission levels and how to work with them is crucial for managing your organization's finances securely. In this article, we'll provide an overview of the different permission levels available and how to assign them to members.

Assign Permissions in Cost Management

Cost Management permissions can be set up and modified by project administrators. To do so:

1. Select the Settings tool from the left navigation.
2. Select the Permission tab.

You can add members, roles, or companies to the list. Project administrators have full control.

1. Use the first drop-down list to find the relevant member, company, or role.
2. Click Add.
3. Use the drop-down list to select permissions for each column.

Permissions Levels in Cost Management

There are two sets of permission levels. The different sets allow for collaboration with other companies. Owners and Suppliers may need an Autodesk Build subscription to collaborate in the system.

Level	Project Settings	Budget, Expense, Cost Item and PCO Permissions	Main Contract, Budget Payment Application, Contract	Cost Payment Applications, RFQ, COR, OCO, and SCO Permissions
No Access	-	Use this for suppliers or others that need to work with your company but shouldn't see everything financial about the project.		Use this for suppliers or others that need to work with your company but shouldn't see every financial detail about the project.
View All	Use this to allow individual project admins to have view-only access to Cost Management’s settings. A member will not be able to edit any settings. The “Edit” option will be dimmed. This ensures that defined cost settings are not accidentally changed.	Allows members to see everything in the budget and contract tabs, both the tables and charts. They can't add or import budget data.		Members are in a read-only state but can see all information in Cost Management.
Collaborate	-	-	Use this for suppliers or an owner that may need to work on something, such as a collaborative PCO workflow.	Use this for suppliers or an owner that may need to work on something, such as an OCO approval or payment application.
Full Control	Use this to allow individual project admins to edit Cost Management’s settings.	Allows members to add, import, or edit items on the Budget and Contract tabs.		Members can create and work with cost items, Change Orders, and RFQs.

Project Settings Control

The Project Settings permission level allows teams to alter whether individual project admins have view-only or edit access for Cost Management’s settings. This ensures that defined cost settings are not accidentally changed.

Select the member. Then, in the Project Settings column, click drop-down menu and select View All for viewing only or Full Control for being able to edit.

A member with View Project Settings will not be able to edit any settings for Cost Management. The Edit option will be dimmed.

See the Project Process section in the General Cost Management Settings article to learn more.

Collaborate Permission in Cost Management

To help streamline workflows and enhance collaboration with Owners and Suppliers, give them collaborative access to view and interact with certain information. The Collaborate permission is available for specific components within Cost Management and allows them to view and edit limited attributes on items assigned to them. An Autodesk Build license is required.

See the Collaborate with Others in Cost Management to discover the ways you can work with suppliers and owners.