What privileges are available in myschool?
A reference of every employee privilege in myschool, grouped by area, with what each one allows.
Use this list to decide which privileges to give an employee. The privileges you see depend on the modules enabled for your institution.
Administration / operations
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| Manage Users | Search users by type (students, parents, employees, admins) or by name/ID; create new admin accounts; manage profiles; assign privileges to employees; view profiles; change passwords; block and unblock accounts. |
| Event Management | Create events for all users or for selected batches/departments, such as special holidays, school festivals and department activities. |
| Form Builder Management | Create form templates and publish them to users. |
| Manage News | Publish timely announcements to all users. |
| Discipline | Track student discipline and behaviour, file complaints against students or staff, and follow complaint status. |
| Librarian | Add, view, edit and delete library books; search by barcode, number or title; issue and return books. |
| Transport Admin | Manage transport settings, stops, vehicles and routes; assign students/employees to routes; collect transport fees; mark attendance; record maintenance; generate reports. |
| Hostel Admin | Manage hostel and room details, allocate rooms, set fee collection dates, collect payments, view defaulters and generate hostel reports. |
| Custom Import | Import student and employee admission details and related data from CSV files. |
| Custom Reports Control | Build custom reports from student/employee admission data using filters, and download them as CSV. |
| Custom Reports View | View and print custom student and employee reports only. |
| Task Management | Create and assign tasks with due dates to employees and students, add comments and manage tasks. |
| Placement Activities | Announce placement events, approve eligible students, declare results and generate placement reports. |
| Employee Manager Inventory | Create store items, indents and purchase orders, and generate reports. |
| App Frames Management | Open external applications inside myschool by creating frames with the application’s URL. |
| Client Authorizations / Client App Management | Used together to create new clients and manage their apps. |
| Manage Inventory | Create store categories, store types, stores, items, suppliers, indents, purchase orders, invoices and GRNs, and generate reports. |
| Inventory Basics | Create store items, indents and purchase orders, and generate reports only. |
| Data Management | Create data categories, add fields and print saved data. |
| Data Management Viewer | View and print data only, without creating anything. |
| Inventory Sales | Manage invoices and generate sales, item-wise, day-wise and invoice reports. |
| Document Management | Upload, view and share documents with employees and students, and create privileged folders with upload permissions and user-specific folders. |
| Reminder Manager | Set reminders and send SMS/email alerts about events, exams, online exams and fee collections, plus custom reminders for other activities. |
| Manage Alumni | View alumni, schedule events, invite alumni, track responses and contact them by email. |
Student management
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| Admission | Use the admission form to admit new students and enter their full details. |
| Students Control | Admit students and manage their profiles (view, edit, email, delete) with advanced search. |
| Student View | Manage student details, but not admit new students. |
| Student Attendance Register | Mark student attendance. |
| Student Attendance View | View and generate attendance reports (monthly, daily, custom) by batch. |
| Manage Student Records | Create record groups, assign them to courses/batches, and enter and manage student records. |
| Applicant Registration | Create online application forms for new applicants, create PINs and update application status. |
| Manage Transfer Certificate | Generate transfer certificates with custom fields and manage generated certificates. |
Academics
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| Examination Control | Manage grading and ranking levels, class designations and CGPA settings; create exams; enter marks; generate exam reports. |
| Enter Result | Enter results even without being assigned to the subject. |
| View Result | View results of all batches and online exam results. |
| Manage Timetable | Create class timing sets, manage timetables, assign subjects to teachers, allocate classrooms and manage timetable swaps. |
| Timetable View | View batch timetables, teacher timetables and swapped timetable reports. |
| View Additional Reports | Generate reports on swapped timetables, course details, former students, subjects, exam schedules, fee collections and defaulters. |
| Manage Allocations | Allocate classrooms weekly or by date, based on the timetable. |
| Manage Buildings | Add buildings and classroom numbers for use in allocation. |
| Online Exam Control | Create online exams, view results and reset exams for students. |
| Manage Gradebook | Manage exam planners, grade, attribute, activity and grading profiles, and remark banks; view exam and term reports. |
| Gradebook Mark Entry | Schedule exams, enter marks and generate reports for courses/batches. |
| Certificate Management | Create certificate templates, generate certificates one by one or in bulk, and manage generated certificates. |
| ID Card Management | Create ID card templates and generate individual or bulk ID cards for students, guardians and employees. |
Social and other activities
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| Create Group | Create and delete groups in the Discussion module. |
| Poll Control | Create polls, assign them to batches/departments and view votes. |
| Blog Admin | Post, search and configure blog settings. |
| Gallery Admin | Create albums, add photos and set visibility. |
System settings
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| General Settings | Configure the institution’s basic details (name, address, roll number assignment, Google SSO), manage student categories and add custom admission fields. |
| Manage Course/Batch | Create and manage courses and batches, activate/deactivate batches and manage their subjects. |
| Subject Master | Manage subjects by course, subject groups, elective groups and skill sets, and link course subjects to batches. |
| Manage Student Roll Numbers | Edit roll numbers or assign roll number prefixes course by course. |
| Send Email | Send emails to employees, students and parents. |
| Email Alert Settings | Configure email alerts for exam scheduling and view unsubscribed users. |
| Message Settings | Enable or disable messaging between users and set who can message whom. |
Finance
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| Manage Fee | Configure fee settings (receipt templates, tax, invoicing); create master fees, particulars and discounts; manage fee structures; handle instant fees; set the financial year. |
| Fee Submission | Collect fees by batch, student or particular; view dues; handle instant payments. |
| Manage Refunds | View refunds, create refund rules, and apply or revert refunds. |
| Finance Reports | Generate income/expense reports, fee receipts, period comparisons and tax collection reports. |
| Approve/Reject Payslip | View payroll details, approve or reject payslips and generate payslip reports. |
| Revert Transaction | Collect and revert fees and instant fees, and manage defaulter collections. |
| Miscellaneous | Create finance categories; manage transactions, income and expenses; handle donations, assets and liabilities. |
Human resources
| Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|
| HR Settings | Create employee categories, positions, departments and grades; configure leave types; manage bank details; customise the employee admission form. |
| Employee Management | Add employees and assign subjects to them. |
| Payroll & Payslip Management | Create payroll groups, set up payslip information, generate payslips and create payslip reports. |
| Employee Attendance | Mark attendance, view leave applications, reset leaves and generate attendance/leave reports. |
| Employee Search | Search employees by number, name, department, category, position or grade. |
| Employee Reports | Generate detailed employee reports. |

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