Permissions for Email Studio Roles

Email Studio uses classic roles and permissions to assign Email Studio functionality manually. For Default Permissions, All refers to all permissions enabled for the specified feature. Although you can edit these permissions, we can’t restore there default permissions after changes are made.

We recommend creating custom roles with altered permissions and leaving the default roles intact to better meet your account’s security needs.

Note
Note Assign permissions for Content Builder separately from Email Studio. The permissions on this page don’t control access to Content Builder.
Email Studio Roles
Role Type Default Permissions
Administrator Classic All
Analyst Classic

Tracking

  • All - this setting applies only to sends listed under My Tracking. To view tracking for triggered sends, select the Interactions | Triggered Sends | View Tracking permission.
Content Creator Classic

Content

  • All

Shared Email Folders

  • All

Shared Template Folders

  • All

Shared Portfolio Folders

  • All

Shared Content Area Folders

  • All

General

  • All
Data Manager Classic

Subscribers

  • All

Interactions

  • All

Shared Data Extension Folders

  • All

Shared Publication List Folders

  • All

Shared Suppression List Folders

  • All
Distributed Sending User Classic

Subscribers

  • All

Interactions

  • All

Tracking

  • All

Shared Folders

  • All
Marketing Cloud Administrator Marketing Cloud Engagement

Email

  • System Default Templates Access

Triggered

  • Clear Queue

Reports

  • View Administrative Reports
  • Run Report

Test Send Threshold

  • View
  • Update

URL Expiration

  • Update

General

  • All
Marketing Cloud Channel Manager Marketing Cloud Engagement

Email

  • System Default Templates Access

Reports

  • View Administrative Reports
  • Run Report

General

  • All
Marketing Cloud Content Editor/Publisher Marketing Cloud Engagement

Email

  • System Default Templates Access

Test Send Threshold

  • View

General

  • All
Marketing Cloud Security Administrator Marketing Cloud Engagement

Email

  • System Default Templates Access

Reports

  • View Administrative Reports
  • Run Report

General

  • All
Marketing Cloud Viewer Marketing Cloud Engagement

Email

  • System Default Templates Access

General

  • All