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Your role in VERA ​

Everyone using VERA has one of three roles. Your role determines what you can see and do — and how much of the console you can reach.

Team member ​

The default role for anyone added to VERA.

You can:

  • Log your own hours and review your own entries on the Time page
  • Request time off and track your requests on the Time Off page
  • See company holidays on the Calendar tab of the Time page

You can't:

  • See other people's time entries
  • See financial figures (costs, revenue, margin) or project deadlines
  • Reach the rest of the console — projects, allocations, capacity, and reports are manager/owner pages

In the console, team members see the Time page, with its My time, Time off and Calendar tabs. Everything else is reserved for managers and owners.

Manager ​

Managers are typically project leads or account managers, assigned to one or more projects.

In addition to everything a team member can do, you can:

  • See time logged by anyone on your assigned projects
  • See project health and burn rates as percentages — not dollar values
  • Approve or decline time-off requests
  • Log hours on behalf of team members (e.g. sick days, leave)
  • See project deadlines for your projects
  • Manage allocations (envelopes) and see who's on your projects with their remaining hours

You can't see:

  • Financial figures (costs, revenue, margin)
  • Projects you're not assigned to manage

Managers get the full console navigation.

Owner ​

Owners have full visibility across everything.

In addition to everything a manager can do, you can:

  • See all projects, not just assigned ones
  • See all financial data: costs, revenue, margins, billing rates
  • See and manage rate history for the team
  • Create and cancel liabilities (for vendors, and for contractors on a fixed price)
  • Add and manage team members, and set their roles
  • Create projects and set budgets, deadlines, and billing rates
  • Manage clients, tasks, disciplines, and company holidays
  • See the full reports, including P&L

How roles are assigned ​

Roles are set by an owner from the Users page in the console. If you believe your role is wrong — for example, you're managing projects but can't see the right data — ask whoever administers VERA to update it.

A note on financial data ​

Dollar figures are visible to owners only, by design. Managers see percentages — "this project is at 73% of its budget" — but not the underlying cost or contract value. This is intentional: financial context without the full picture can create more confusion than clarity.