Each board role has a certain level of access rights to the tasks in different types of boards.
The following table displays the various board roles and their respective access rights.
Board task permissions table for Agile (Kanban/Sprint) and Work Request boards
| Tasks created by the board owner with no assignee | |||||
| Board Owner (Manage) | Board Member (Edit) | Board Viewer (View) | User (no board access) | Work Requestor (no board access) | |
| Title | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Description | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Task properties (task type, due date, priority) | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Control task dialog properties (points, impact, impediment, theme, board list/move to backlog) | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Assignees | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Status | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Non hidden custom properties | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Hidden custom properties | edit | edit | x | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Add attachments | edit | edit | x | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Preview / download attachment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Check list items | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Add follow-on tasks to the same board | edit | edit | x | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Add follow-on tasks to other board | ✓ | ✓ | x | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Add comments | edit | edit | edit | no access/access denied | n/a |
| Task created by the board owner where user is the task assignee | |||||
| Title | edit | edit | edit | edit | n/a |
| Description | edit | edit | edit | edit | n/a |
| Task properties (task type, due date, priority) | edit | edit | read | read | n/a |
| Control task dialog properties (points, impact, impediment, theme, board list/move to backlog) | edit | edit | read | read | n/a |
| Assignees | edit | edit | read | read | n/a |
| Status | edit | edit | read | read | n/a |
| Non hidden custom properties | edit | edit | edit | edit | n/a |
| Hidden custom properties | edit | edit | x | x | n/a |
| Add attachments | edit | edit | edit | edit | n/a |
| Preview / download attachment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | n/a |
| Check list items | edit | edit | edit | edit | n/a |
| Add follow-on tasks to the same board | edit | edit | x | x | n/a |
| Add follow-on tasks to other board | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | n/a |
| Add comments | edit | edit | edit | edit | n/a |
| User outside of the board submits a work request, request is in Backlog and is not assigned to the requestor | |||||
| Title | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | edit |
| Description | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | edit |
| Task properties (task type, due date, priority) | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | read |
| Control task dialog properties (points, impact, impediment, theme, board list/move to backlog) | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | read |
| Assignees | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | read |
| Status | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | read |
| Non hidden custom properties | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | edit |
| Hidden custom properties | edit | edit | x | no access/access denied | x |
| Add attachments | edit | edit | x | no access/access denied | edit |
| Preview / download attachment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no access/access denied | ✓ |
| Check list items | edit | edit | read | no access/access denied | edit |
| Add follow-on tasks to the same board | edit | edit | x | no access/access denied | x |
| Add follow-on tasks to other board | ✓ | ✓ | x | no access/access denied | x |
| Add comments | edit | edit | edit | no access/access denied | edit |
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