**Source URL:** https://ecoa.veevavault.help/en/lr/918801/

# Understanding Site User Roles

## Site Roles

### Default Roles

The following site roles provide a default set of permissions, and you cannot edit them. 

* Site Viewer
* Coordinator
* Investigator

### User-Defined Site Roles
You must configure user-defined site roles to make them available for a site. You can configure more than one user-defined site role.

## Available Permissions

| Permission | Available for User-Defined Roles | Site Viewer | Coordinator | Investigator | 
| ---------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| View Access | Yes (Default) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Generate Reports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Manage Participants and Groups | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manage Studies | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manage Events | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manage Surveys | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manage Check Events | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Accept End-of-Study Media | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Receive Notifications | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Provide Signatures | Yes | No | No | Yes |

## Creating a User-Defined Site Role

Vault Owners and System Administrators can create user-defined site roles directly or by copying an existing role. User-defined site roles can be created in Business Admin > Objects > Study Team Roles. To create a permission you must use the User-Defined Site Role for Application Role and assign a permission set. 

See the <a href="/en/lr/69197/#adding-permission-sets-to-application-roles">Managing Permissions with User Roles</a> page for more information.