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Change a User Role

Update a collaborator's access when their responsibilities change.

Current Capitelist screen for Change a User Role.

Before you start

Decide what should be visible in normal workspace views and what must stay protected. Sensitive access details belong in encrypted/private areas, not ordinary notes or shared exports.

You know whether private data is currently hidden or included.
Sensitive details are ready to be stored only in protected fields.
You know who should and should not see this information.

Detailed steps

01

Open Settings > Users

Start from the screen named in the step and confirm the portfolio in the top bar before you change anything. If the wrong portfolio is selected, switch portfolios first.

02

Select the collaborator

Pick the option that matches the real-world record you are adding or reviewing. If two options look similar, use the one that matches the source document, not the one that makes totals look cleaner.

03

Choose the new role or portfolio scope

Pick the option that matches the real-world record you are adding or reviewing. If two options look similar, use the one that matches the source document, not the one that makes totals look cleaner.

04

Save and confirm permissions reflect the intended access

Save only when the record reflects the source. After saving, the change can affect Net Worth, Capital Review, Forecast, exports and shared views.

Field guide

Visibility

Who can see the record in normal use.

Keep private operational details out of standard fields.
Recovery context

How the information can be understood later.

Document non-secret context clearly.
Protected notes

Sensitive details encrypted behind private controls.

Never store raw secrets in regular notes.
Release level

What a trusted person may receive.

Match the role and relationship deliberately.

Decision rules

What it adds

  • Keeps collaboration aligned with current responsibilities.
  • Reduces over-permissioned access.

What it does not do

  • Changing role does not grant owner-only areas unless separately allowed.
  • Existing exports outside the app cannot be recalled.

Common mistakes

What to check

  • Downgrade access promptly after role changes.
  • Review private-data boundaries after any permission change.

Entering a clean-looking value without recording where it came from.

Ignoring currency, ownership percentage or valuation date because the total appears reasonable.

Using ordinary notes for private access information.

Assuming Change a User Role produces advice, verification or execution beyond the workflow described here.

After you save

  • Return to Net Worth and confirm totals changed as expected.
  • Open Capital Review to see whether the record created, resolved or changed any review item.
  • Check whether the record should affect Forecast, Investment Plan, exports or share links.
  • Revisit this security guide when source evidence changes.

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