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Last updated: April 22, 2026

Manage template and inspection access rules

Learn about access rules, the different template and inspection access levels, and how to create, edit, and remove them via the web app and mobile app to control who can view and manage templates and inspections.

What are access rules?

Access rules give you control over who can use a template to conduct inspections and who can view the inspection results. This helps teams focus on relevant tasks, protects sensitive information, and supports compliance by ensuring only the right people can access certain data.

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Template and inspection access levels

Access rules allow you to determine who gets given inspection results automatically. If required, you can still give individual inspection access to groups and users.

We recommend that you read our guide on the four key questions to consider when it comes to template and inspection access.

Template

  • Conduct: Allows users to use the template to conduct new inspections.

  • Conduct, edit: Allows users to use the template to conduct new inspections, edit its content, and manage access rules.

  • Conduct, edit, delete: Allows users to use the template to conduct new inspections, edit its content and access rules, as well as archive and delete it. This access level can only be given by users who already have it.

Inspection

  • View: Allows users to view (read-only) the inspection report.

  • View, edit: Allows users to view the inspection report, edit its content, and manage access.

  • View, edit, delete: Allows users to view the inspection report, edit its content and manage access, as well as archive and delete it. This access level can only be given by users who already have it.

You can also create advanced access rules to give template and inspection access based on site membership.

Create an access rule

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in

    More
    .

  3. Click the template and select Manage access in the side panel.

  4. Click

    New access rule
    .Create an access rule via the web app.

  5. In the side panel, click

    under "Template is available to" to select the groups or users you want to give template access to, and click Done .

  6. Select the template Access level you want to give.

  7. Click

    under "Inspection results will be available to" to select the groups or users who should have access to the inspections conducted by the groups or users above, and click Done .

  8. Select the inspection Access level you want to give.

  9. Click Done .

  10. Click Save and apply .

  11. In the pop-up window, select No, apply to future only to apply the new access rules to future inspections, or Yes, apply to all to apply to existing inspections as well.

For the best experience, we recommend editing access rules via the web app.

Edit an access rule

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in

    More
    .

  3. Click the template and select Manage access in the side panel.

  4. Click Edit rules .Edit an access rule via the web app.

  5. You can edit the following fields for each access rule:

    • Access level (template): Click and update the access level a group, user, or site has to the template.

    • Inspection results available to: Click

      Add / edit access
      to add or remove groups, users, or site-based access rules in the rule panel.

    • Access level (inspection results): Click and update the access level of the relevant group, user, site , or combination of a group and site, to inspections.

  6. Click Save and apply .

  7. In the pop-up window, select No, apply to future only to apply the updated access settings to future inspections or Yes, apply to all to apply to existing inspections as well.

Remove an access rule

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in

    More
    .

  3. Click the template and select Manage access in the side panel.

  4. Click Edit rules on the lower-left of the page.

  5. Click

    on the right-hand side of the access rule you want to remove.

  6. Click Save and apply .Remove an access rule via the web app.

  7. In the pop-up window, select one of the following options:

    • No, apply to future only to apply the updated access settings to future inspections only.

    • Yes, apply to all to apply the updated access settings to both existing and future inspections.

The Yes, apply to all option overrides an existing inspection's access based on the updated access rules. This works similarly to retroactively providing access to inspections.

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