User Access
Unified Insights grants access according to your user access role and permissions. Within the application, available menu options and data reflect your level of user access.
The permissions for each role in Unified Insights match the permissions set up in PowerSchool SIS:
- District Admin - Access to Developer Tools and Essentials, including all drill-downs for the district.
- School Admin - Access to Essentials, including all drill-downs for the school.
- Primary School Admin - Access to Essentials, including all drill-downs for the primary schools, with the following exceptions:
- Final marks
Assessment data that correlates to the in-scope grade levels
Secondary School Admin - Access to Essentials, including all drill-downs for the secondary schools, with the following exceptions:
Curriculum data.
Assessment data that correlates to the in-scope grade levels
- School Admin (No drillthrough) - Allows dashboard access without access to student-level drill-through data.
- Primary School Admin - Access to Essentials, including all drill-downs for the primary schools, with the following exceptions:
Limited Essentials - Access to Essentials, with the following exceptions:
F&R data
Behavior data
- Custom Roles
- Custom Role 1 - Custom role to support specific access needs within Unified Insights.
- Custom Role 2 - Custom role to support specific access needs within Unified Insights.
PowerSchool SIS administrators can add new role access to an existing user role.
- From the main menu on the start page, choose System under Setup.
- Under Security, click Roles Administration.
- Click User Access, then enable the necessary user access.