Permission Reference

Admin permissions

This matrix shows both display name (first column) and code name (second column) for permissions. Knowing code name may be helpful while using API / CLI.

Permission	Code name	Description
View Kafka Settings	ViewKafkaSettings	Allows viewing Kafka ACLs, Quotas
Manage Kafka Settings	ManageKafkaSettings	Allows managing Kafka ACLs, Quotas
View Log	ViewLogs	Allows viewing Lenses logs
View Users	ViewUsers	Allows viewing the users, groups and service accounts
Manage Users	ManageUsers	Allows to add/remove/update/delete users,groups and service accounts
View Alert Rules	ViewAlertRules	Allows viewing the alert settings rules
Manage Alert Rules	ManageAlertRules	Allows adding/deleting/updating alert settings rules
View Audit	ViewAuditLogs	Allows viewing the audit records
View Data Policies	ViewDataPolicies	Allows viewing the data policies
Manage Data Policies	ManageDataPolicies	Allows to add/remove/update data policies
Manage Connections	ManageConnections	Allows to add/remove/update connections
View Approvals	ViewApprovalRequest	Allows viewing raised approval requests
Manage Approvals	ManageApprovalRequest	Allows to accept/reject requests
Manage Lenses License	ManageLensesLicense	Allows to update Lenses license at runtime via the Lenses API
Manage Audit Logs	ManageAuditLogs	Allows deleting audit logs

Data permissions

Permission	Description
Show	Allows viewing the topic name and basic info
Query	Allows viewing the data in a topic
Create	Allows creating topics
Create Topic Request	Topics are not created directly, they are sent for approval
Drop	Allows deleting topics
Configure	Allows changing a topic configuration
Insert Data	Allows inserting data into the topic
Delete Data	Allows deleting data from the topic
Update Schema	Allows configuring the topic storage format and schema
View Schema	Allows viewing schema information
Show Index	Allows viewing Elasticsearch index information
Query Index	Allows viewing the data in an Elasticsearch index

Application permissions

This matrix shows both display name (first column) and code name (second column) for permissions. Knowing code name may be helpful while using API / CLI.

Permission	Code name	Description
View SQL Processors	ViewSQLProcessors	Allows viewing the SQL processors
Manage SQL Processors	ManageSQLProcessors	Allows to add/remove/stop/delete SQL processors
View Schemas	ViewSchemaRegistry	Allows viewing your Schema Registry entries
Manage Schema Registry	ManageSchemaRegistry	Allows to add/remove/update/delete your Schema Registry entries
View Topology	ViewTopology	Allows viewing the data pipeline topology
Manage Topology	ManageTopology	Allows decommissioning topology applications
View Kafka Connectors	ViewConnectors	Allows viewing running Kafka Connectors
Manage Kafka Connectors	ManageConnectors	Allows to add/update/delete/stop Kafka Connectors
View Kafka Consumers	ViewKafkaConsumers	Allows viewing the Kafka Consumers details
Manage Kafka Consumers	ManageKafkaConsumers	Allows changing the Kafka Consumers offset
Connect Clusters Access	-	Allows to use Connect Clusters