--- title: "Access model" chapter: false weight: 10 --- ## Access Model  The SmallID access model can be summarized as follows: - Each user is represented by a record in BigID, AD, or SAML. - The user is assigned one or more roles. - Each role specifies permissions for system functions (and their features), and one data scope. - Each data scope refers to one or more data sources, except “root†which always refers to all enabled data sources. ### Scope ### Role ### User