Editing the built-in administrator roles

Last published : Apr 17, 2026
Arctera Insight Management Console includes a set of built-in administrator roles to assign to archive accounts. By default, each role has a different set of permissions granted. You can edit these roles by customizing the permissions that are granted to each role.
The built-in administrator roles include:
  • Account manager - manages users, aliases, settings, and passwords
  • Role manager - configures administrator roles and permissions for archive accounts
  • Policy manager - specifies archiving options and settings
  • Retention manager - specifies archive retention policies and settings
  • Continuity manager - manages email continuity feature (only available if your organization subscribes to the email continuity service)
  • Insight eDiscovery Administrator - configures and manages Arctera Insight eDiscovery usage
  • System administrator - oversees all Insight Personal Archive accounts including other administrators
  • Archive collections manager - configures and manages archiving from third-party content sources
    Note: You cannot edit the permissions for the System administrator roles. You can only editShare Export,Download Export, andPrivilege Deletepermissions for the Insight eDiscovery Administrator role.
To edit the built-in administrator roles
  1. In the left navigation pane, click Role Management>Administration Roles.
  2. In the Built-in Roles section, click the expand icon next to the role for which you want to edit the permissions.
    Note: You cannot remove theArchive Overviewpermission.
  3. Select or clear the check boxes next to the permissions you want to add or remove for the selected role.
  4. Click Save.
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