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# How can I create access restrictions for HR or Admin user groups?

## General user permission configuration

Users can belong to different permission groups with different “view” and “edit” rights. An overview is accessible from Settings → Permissions, where the user group can be changed. 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/screenshot2024-02-20at091559_1u5dnc.png)

| Note: it is also possible to change a user’s permission group from the Team section by clicking on the three dots
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/screen-shot-2024-03-10-at-2330_dy1p2z.png)

## Company-specific user permission configuration

If operating with multiple companies, there might be a need to have HR or Admin users only access data of a specific set of companies. This is managed by when changing the permission of a user, toggling on the ‘Limit access per company’, and specifying which company(ies) the user should have access to. 

###### Follow the below steps to set this for HR permission group of Administrator permission group:

1. Open the “Team” page

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-21_1y3enre.png)

2. Find the user who’s permissions you would like to change

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-22_14ijdhi.png)

3. Click on the three dots to open the menu

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-23_1hnwggk.png)

4. Select “Change Permission Group”

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-24_13517if.png)

5. In the window that opens, click to open the “Permission Group” menu

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-25_k8nmhk.png)

6. Select the role that you would like to assign the user to from the menu, in this case the HR role

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-26_p3vg6z.png)

7. When you make your selection for the HR Permission group, select the option to “Limit Access per Company”

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-27_c01fek.png)

8. Then select the company or companies that you would like the user to have access to view information for

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/93d6114c93c1a800/untitled-28_1g5bl5a.png)

9. Once you have selected all relevant companies for the user, click on “Change” to save your selection. 


|| - An HR or Admin with company-specific access will have the same access as stated in the permission matrix **only** for the company(ies) selected.
|| - For any other company, the user will **not** have access to:
||     - Profiles of users in other companies
||     - Data specific to users in other companies through ‘Insights’ from Team or Pay sections
||     - Payroll of other companies
||     - Access and ability to modify the following specific to other companies
||         - policies, requests, approval flows, timesheets, time tracking, shifts

| The permission matrix, clearly outlines the view and edit rights for each permission group in the platform. It can be accessed by going to the **Settings**  then the  **Permission** tab.