Granular admin roles for Audit tables

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Granular admin roles replace broad admin access with targeted, feature-specific permissions. Use these roles to grant the administrative capabilities needed for specific tasks without assigning the admin role.

Role name	Feature	Description
audit_viewer	Audit, History and Journal	Provides read access to the sys_audit, sys_journal_field, and sys_history_set tables.
audit_admin	Audit, History and Journal	Provides write and delete access to sys_audit. Manual record modifications should be avoided. For bulk deletions, use system jobs rather than direct deletion.

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title: Granular admin roles for Audit tables
description: Granular admin roles replace broad admin access with targeted, feature-specific permissions. Use these roles to grant the administrative capabilities needed for specific tasks without assigning the admin role.
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# Granular admin roles for Audit tables

Granular admin roles replace broad admin access with targeted, feature-specific permissions. Use these roles to grant the administrative capabilities needed for specific tasks without assigning the admin role.

|Role name|Feature|Description|
|---------|-------|-----------|
|audit\_viewer|Audit, History and Journal|Provides read access to the sys\_audit, sys\_journal\_field, and sys\_history\_set tables.|
|audit\_admin|Audit, History and Journal|Provides write and delete access to sys\_audit. Manual record modifications should be avoided. For bulk deletions, use system jobs rather than direct deletion.|