Inbox user roles and permissions
Mar 24, 2023
There are three types of Inbox users. Each type of user has different permissions.
Account Owner
The account owner is the user who created your organization’s MessageBird account. They are the only person with access to both the MessageBird dashboard and Inbox. The account owner can also act as an ‘agent’, working on and resolving tickets.
The account owner has access to:
The MessageBird Dashboard
All Inbox settings
Reporting
The Agent UI
Contacts
The account owner can perform several unique actions:
Install channels
Remove channels
Transfer ownership of the MessageBird workspace to another user
The account owner can also:
Invite admins and agents
Edit admins and agents
Remove admins and agents
Work on and resolve tickets as an ‘agent’
View all assigned and resolved tickets
Return assigned tickets back to the queue for other agents to pick up
Search and view tickets
Search and view contacts
Create and edit contacts
NOTE: If you’re a user who has been with us for a while, you and your team might have your own individual logins for the MessageBird Dashboard. When accessing Inbox, you’ll all be logged into the same Inbox owner account.
Admin
There can be multiple admins in Inbox. Admins have to log in to Inbox directly. They can’t log in to the MessageBird dashboard. Admins are useful for helping the account owner to set up and manage Inbox. Admins can also work as ‘agents’, working on and resolving tickets.
Admins have access to:
All Inbox settings
Reporting
The Agent UI
Contacts
Admins can:
Invite admins and agents
Edit admins and agents
Remove admins and agents
Work on and resolve tickets as an ‘agent’
View all assigned and resolved tickets
Return assigned tickets back to the queue for other agents to pick up
Search and view tickets
Search and view contacts
Create and edit contacts
Agent
There can be multiple agents in Inbox. Agents have to log in to Inbox directly. They can’t log in to the MessageBird dashboard. The main responsibility of an agent is to work on tickets, so they don’t need access to the settings or reports that account owners and admins do.
Agents have access to:
The Agent UI
Contacts
Agents can:
Work on and resolve tickets
Search and view tickets
Search and view contacts
Create and edit contacts