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Application permissions

Application permissions is only available on Pro and Enterprise plans (both self-hosted and on Metabase Cloud).

Application settings are useful for granting groups access to some, but not all, of Metabase’s administrative features.

To set application permissions, click on the Gears icon at the bottom of the navigation sidebar and go to Admin settings > Permissions > Application.

Settings access

Settings access defines which groups can view and edit the settings under the Admin > Settings tab. These settings include:

Monitoring access

Monitoring access sets permissions on the following Admin tabs:

Subscriptions and alerts

This setting determines who can set up:

People will need to be in groups with either view or edit access to the collection that contains the dashboard or question in order to set up alerts. See Collection permissions.