# Profiles and habilitations
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### What is a Profile?
Definition: set of rights.
A profile is a list of rights. Profiles are built on the basis of an interface:
* **Simplified interface** : designed for end users
* **Standard interface**: for the rest of the users (admin profiles)
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### How do I create a profile with a standard or simplified interface?
* Go to **`Administration`** > **`Profiles`**.
* Click **`+ Add.`**
* In the **`Profile's Interface`** field, select the desired interface type.
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### How can I list profiles with a standard or simplified interface?
From **`Administration`** > **`Profiles`**, you have two options:
1. From the search field, select **`Charasteristics - Profile's interface is Standard interface`**
2. You can also create a **personal view** to display profiles with a simplified or standard interface directly from the view:\
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a. Click on the spanner icon\
b. Select **`Personal View`**\
c. Click on **`Create`**
d. Then select Profile's Interface in the list.
The interface type will now appear for each profile.
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You can make this change in the **global view** if you want it to be the default view for accounts with access to profile administration.
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### How can I tell if an account has a standard or simplified interface?
* Go to **`Administration`** > **`Users`** > *`My_User`*, check the type of profile assigned in the Authorisations tab (list all authorisations if there are several)
* Go to **`Administration`** > **`Profiles`**
* Click on the profile(s) referenced above to see if they are in standard or simplified interface mode (you can also refer to [this question](#how-can-i-list-profiles-with-a-standard-or-simplified-interface) to display this information on the global or personal view).
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### How do I delete or change the interface type for user accounts?
First, refer to the question above to view the profiles that have the standard or simplified interface.\
You have several options:\\
1. From **`Administration`** > **`Profiles`** > *`My_Profile`*, delete the relationship between the profile and the user:
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**Warning**\
If the user does not have another profile, they will no longer be able to log in. Remember to reassign them another profile from Administration > Users. This operation must be performed by a super-admin account or an account with the necessary permissions on the root entity
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2. From **`Administration`** > **`Profiles`** > **`My_Profile`**, switch the profile to the standard or simplified interface:
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**Warning**\
This solution affects all users of the profile. Remember to check the list of users affected in **`Administration`** > **`Profiles`** > **`My_Profile`**, **`Users`** tab.
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### Which profiles are created by default?
By default 8 profiles are available in GLPI:
* **Super Admin**: this profile has all rights
* **Admin**: ideal for entity administrators (no rights for general configuration)
* **Technician**: has access to the inventory and helpdesk in order to process tickets
* **Supervisor**: can perform as a Technician by adding elements allowing the management of team and its organization (allocationof tickets ...)
* **Hotliner**: it allows you to create tickets and track them, but not to be in charge of them as a technician
* **Observer**: this profile has "read" rights for inventory, management and, perhaps, observer data for a ticket
* **Self-Service**: this profile is limited to the simplified interface
* **Read-Only**: used only for "locked" objects
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### Where can i manage profile?
* magenement is done from the **Administration> Profiles** menu
* the rights are divided into different tabs, they correspond to the "modules" of GLPI
* we advise to use the existing profiles by default and not to multiply the profiles
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### What is an authorization?
* An **authorization** is the "connection" between **User**, **Profile** and **Entity**
* A user can be linked to one or more entities and with different rights (several authorizations)
* These rights can be passed to the daughter entities (recursive) or no.
A schematic example of delegation of rights:
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### How to assign a authorization to a user
* The authorizations of user are managed in the "Authorizations" tab of the user's file.
* These can be added automatically via Authorization Rules (during LDAP synchronization for example).
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### What are the differences between standard and simplified interfaces?
The profiles in GLPI (8 by default) are of two types, representing two different user interfaces:
* The **Simplified** interface
* on a default installation, only for the profile named **Self-Service**
* The **Standard** interface
* on a default installation, for all other profiles: **Super-Admin, Admin, Hotliner, Observer, Supervisor, Technician, Read-Only**
**The Simplified interface** contains a very limited menu, giving access by default only to:
* Tickets
* The reservation of equipment
* The consultation of the FAQ
* And the access to the forms of your catalog of services.
This interface is used by end-users. These users with a simplified interface **are free and unlimited**.
**The Standard interface** contains all GLPI menus (depending on the administrative rights), and is used by:
* Technicians
* "IT agents"
* Helpdesk agents
* Or even administrators, fleet managers, etc.
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