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title: Roles and Permissions
description: >-
  Review the roles, permissions, and restriction policies that control access to
  journeys and their linked assets.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Journey Monitoring > Roles and Permissions
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt).

# Roles and Permissions

## Overview{% #overview %}

A journey connects assets from Product Analytics, RUM, and Synthetic Monitoring. Most actions require both a Journey Monitoring permission and the permission for the underlying asset the action touches.

## Create and edit journeys{% #create-and-edit-journeys %}

| Action                                  | Required access                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Create or edit a journey                | [Journey Monitoring write](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring)                                |
| Create a journey's Synthetic test suite | [Journey Monitoring write](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) and Synthetic Monitoring write |
| Add or edit the conversion rate monitor | [Journey Monitoring write](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) and monitor write              |
| Add or edit the journey SLO             | [Journey Monitoring write](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) and SLO write                  |
| Edit strongly-linked RUM operations     | [Journey Monitoring write](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) and RUM write                  |

Asset creation is best-effort: creating a journey succeeds with [Journey Monitoring write](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) access alone. Datadog creates a linked asset, such as the test suite, only when you also hold that asset's permission. Otherwise, Datadog skips it and you can add it later. A journey without a test suite is a valid state.

## View journeys and linked assets{% #view-journeys-and-linked-assets %}

| Action                                       | Required access                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| View a journey and its details               | [Journey Monitoring read](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) and RUM read on the journey's RUM application |
| View a test suite, its tests, and uptime SLO | Synthetic Monitoring read and a read restriction policy on the suite                                                                                                     |
| View strongly-linked RUM operations          | [Journey Monitoring read](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md#digital-experience-monitoring) and RUM read                                  |
| View an operation's SLO                      | SLO read                                                                                                                                                                 |
| View journey session replays                 | RUM read, subject to RUM data access controls                                                                                                                            |

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

- [Learn about Journey Monitoring](https://docs.datadoghq.com/journey_monitoring.md)
- [Configure journeys in Datadog Journey Monitoring](https://docs.datadoghq.com/journey_monitoring/guide/configuring_journeys.md)
- [Review the full list of Datadog role permissions](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md)