Roles and access

Who can see and do what: administrators, treasurers and members.

Each person on your committee has their own personal login to InflowBooks. What they can see and do depends on the role you give them. This keeps your records safe while letting the right people do their work.

The roles

Every committee login is given one of these roles. The table below shows what the four main roles are allowed to do; the Cluster leader role, explained after it, is a narrower login scoped to one cluster of houses.

What they can doAdministratorTreasurerCashierMember
View members, payments and reportsYesYesYesYes
Record payments and collectionsYesYesYesNo
Edit or delete recordsYesYesNoNo
Record expensesYesYesNoNo
Add membersYesYesNoNo
Import and export dataYesYesNoNo
Change SettingsYesNoNoNo
Manage the committeeYesNoNoNo

The roles explained

Administrator
Has full access, including Settings, committee management, all finances, and importing or exporting data.
Treasurer
Can record payments and expenses, add members, import and export data, and view reports. Cannot change Settings or manage the committee.
Cashier
Can record payments and collections and issue receipts, but cannot edit or delete them, add members, or reach any other area. Ideal for someone who only collects money at the counter.
Cluster leader
Sees only their own cluster of houses and records what they collect door to door. Each entry stays "awaiting deposit" until the treasurer confirms the cash was handed over. Available when House clusters are enabled.
Member
Read-only access. Can view members, payments and reports, but cannot record or edit anything.

Administrator-only areas

Some parts of InflowBooks are reserved for administrators. These are Settings, Committee members, the activity log and the sign-in log. A Treasurer, Cashier or Member will not see these areas.

Giving someone access

  1. As an administrator, open Settings from the menu.
  2. Open Committee members.
  3. Add the person you want to give access to, using their name.
  4. Choose how they sign in. Email and password gives them a one-time password to change later. Phone and a one-time code sends a fresh code to their number every time they sign in, with nothing to remember.
  5. Pick the role that suits them: Administrator, Treasurer, Cashier, Cluster leader or Member. For a Cluster leader, also pick which cluster they convene.
  6. Share the sign-in details shown on screen with them.

A person's role is not permanent. An administrator can change someone's role at any time, or disable their access if they leave the committee, without losing any of the records they helped create.

InflowBooks staff

Separately, InflowBooks staff hold a super-admin role that is used only to set new masjids up. They are not part of your committee and do not take part in your day-to-day records.