Role categories
Each role has a category, and each category has and permissions specific to that context. Depending on your plan or business set up, not all role categories will be available to you.
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Considerations for role categories
Review the following considerations for role categories:
- Roles can have only one category. The role's category determines which permissions are available.
- A role can't contain a combination of permissions from different categories. However, if you have multiple role categories available, then you can assign roles with different categories to the same user.
- The role categories and respective permissions available to you depend on whether your store is part of an organization, on the Shopify Plus plan, and your Shopify POS app subscription.
Eligibility requirements for role categories
The role categories and respective permissions available to you depend on whether your store is part of an organization, on the Shopify Plus plan, and your Shopify POS app subscription. Review the following eligibility requirements for each role category:
- Store roles managed by Shopify and custom store roles are available for stores and organizations on all plans other than the Basic or Starter plans.
- Organization roles managed by Shopify are available for all organizations.
- Custom organization roles are available only for stores and organization on the Shopify Plus plan.
- POS roles and POS only staff are available for stores and organizations with the Point of Sale channel and at least one location with a Shopify POS Pro subscription.
Description of role categories
There are three different role categories for roles for your store or organization. Each category represents a unique business context and permissions specific to that context.
| Role category | Description | Permissions |
|---|---|---|
| Organization role | Roles and permissions in this category grant access to organization features across all stores in the organization. | Organization permissions |
| Store role | Roles and their permissions in this category grant access to features and resources for the Shopify admin of a store. If the store is part of an organization, then store permissions can be granted for multiple stores in the organization. | Store permissions |
| Point of sale | Roles and their permissions in this category grant access to features and resources to Point of Sale locations. System roles in this category are limited to the Point of Sale location context. | POS permissions |