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Read-only Admin role



Overview

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As a Read-only Admin, you can enter Flex to view and troubleshoot issues. You can:

  • Launch Flex from Twilio Console
  • View Admin dashboard configurations
  • View real-time queue statistics
  • View a list of agents on the Teams page

As a Read-only Admin, you cannot make any changes or interact with customers. You cannot:

  • Accept incoming calls
  • Change your own status
  • Make outbound calls
  • Edit the status of other agents
  • Edit the skills of other agents
  • Monitor chat or calls
  • Edit configurations on the Admin dashboard

Who can be a Read-only Admin?

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The Read-only Admin role is only available to Twilio Console users in the Support role. When Support users log in to Flex from Twilio Console, they automatically receive Read-only Admin access. You cannot assign a Read-only Admin through the SSO process like you can with other Flex roles.

Support Engineers may find this role helpful.

Worker representation and pricing

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A worker is created when a Support user logs in and is attributed the Read-Only Admin role. This is a billable worker in the named user pricing model(link takes you to an external page). A named user license is charged every month until the user is deprovisioned from Flex.

Because the provisioned worker has a routing expression, this Flex user technically can be assigned routing attributes; however, assigning routing attributes is not advised. The user is unable to change their status, accept incoming interactions, or make outbound voice calls.


  • Flex UI 2.3.x or above
  • Twilio-hosted Flex UI account

When users with the Support role launch Flex from Twilio Console, they automatically get access to the Read-only Admin role.

For more information, see our guide on RBAC(link takes you to an external page).


Launch Flex from Twilio Console as a Support user

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  1. From Twilio Console(link takes you to an external page), in the upper-left corner, select the account where Flex is hosted.
  2. Under Develop, click Flex > Overview.
  3. Click Log in with Console.

The Read-only Admin role is represented in the Worker Attributes as follows:

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{
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"routing": {
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"skills": [
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"Skill1 ",
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"Skill2"
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],
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"levels": {
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"Skill1": 3
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}
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},
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"full_name": "Acme AgentName",
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"image_url": "https:\\/\\/www.gravatar.com\\/avatar\\/4e52bcfc565991878adf54a136de1570?d=mp",
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"roles": [
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"flex.readonlyadmin"
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],
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"contact_uri": "client:firstname_2Elastname",
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"disabled_skills": {
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"skills": [],
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"levels": {}
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},
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"email": "firstname.lastname@gmail.com"
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}

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