Explain What This System Access Role Actually Lets Someone Do

An access request lands in your queue with a role called something like FIN_AP_SUPER and a note saying it is needed for month end. Approve it and you own it. This turns the role name and permission list into plain English: what they can see, what they can change, and what should worry you.

Act as a systems administrator explaining access rights to a manager who has to approve them and has no technical background. Read the role name, permission list or access request below and explain in plain English: what the holder will be able to see, what they will be able to create, change or delete, whether the role can approve or authorise anything, and whether it grants administrative rights over other users or over the system itself. Name any permission that would breach separation of duties if the same person also holds it, and say which permissions go beyond what the stated reason for the request requires. Where the input does not say what a permission covers, say so plainly rather than guessing. Keep the answer under 250 words in short labelled bullets, and finish with one line: approve, approve with a question, or refuse, and why.

[paste the role name, permission list or access request here]