Privileges are a set of strings used to manage access to secure resources in ArcGIS. They are assigned to two types of entities:
- ArcGIS accounts used by ArcGIS users.
- Access tokens used by applications.
Privileges for accounts
All ArcGIS accounts have a list of privileges associated with them that determine the services, content, and operations the user is authorized to access.
All ArcGIS Location Platform accounts have a predefined list of privileges assigned when your Location Platform account is created. For a full list, go to List of privileges > ArcGIS Location Platform.
Privileges for access tokens
Applications use access tokens to access and perform operations with ArcGIS resources. All access tokens have privileges associated with them that determine the services, content, and operations they are authorized to access.
How privileges are granted to an access token depends on the type of authentication and developer credential you use. API key and app authentication allow you to set the privileges in your portal with developer credentials. User authentication assigns an access token privileges based on the user type and roles associated with the signed-in user account.
Type of authentication | Type of developer credential | Privilege management |
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API key authentication | API key credentials | Privileges are granted using an item in your portal. |
App authentication | OAuth credentials | Privileges are granted using an item in your portal. |
User authentication | OAuth credentials | Privileges are inherited from the account when an ArcGIS user signs in. |
Credentials with privileges
Developer credentials with privileges are supported in ArcGIS Location Platform, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise. They are used to implement API key authentication and App authentication.
Privilege scopes
All privileges have a scope that describes the capabilities and level of permissions required to perform an operation. There are two types of scopes for privileges:
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Standard scope: Privileges that do not require additional permissions from your account to perform operations. For example, accessing ArcGIS services or ArcGIS Location Services. These can be used to build public applications.
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Personal scope: Privileges that require additional permissions from your account to perform operations. For example, creating items or performing administration tasks in your portal. These can only be used to build personal applications and automation scripts or private applications for your organization.
The following table shows the scope for each group of privileges:
Item access privileges | Location service privileges | Analysis privileges | Portal privileges (General) | Portal privileges (Admin) | |
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Standard scope | 1 | ||||
Personal scope | 1 |
- 1. Saving analysis results as a feature service requires personal privileges
List of privileges
The privileges available depend on the type of ArcGIS product and account you have, and the roles assigned to your account. The following table lists categories of privileges available for different products:
Category | Label | Privilege string | Description |
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Basemaps | Basemap styles service | premium | Allow application to access the basemap styles service. Learn more |
Basemaps | Static basemap tiles (beta) | premium | Allow application to access the static basemap tiles service. Learn more |
Data enrichment | GeoEnrichment service | premium | Allow application to access the GeoEnrichment service. Learn more |
Elevation | Elevation service (beta) | premium | Allow application to access the elevation service. |
Geocoding | Geocode (stored) | premium | Allow application to access the geocoding service and perform stored geocodes. Learn more |
Geocoding | Geocode (not stored) | premium | Allow application to access the geocoding service and perform geocodes that are not stored. Learn more |
Places | Place finding | premium | Allow application to access the places service. Learn more |
Routing | Routing | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and perform standard routing operations. Learn more |
Routing | Closest facility | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and perform closest facility routing operations. Learn more |
Routing | Location allocation | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and perform location allocation operations. Learn more |
Routing | Optimized routing | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and perform optimized routing operations. Learn more |
Routing | Origin/destination cost matrix | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and generate travel cost matrices. Learn more |
Routing | Service area | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and generate service areas. Learn more |
Routing | Multi-vehicle routing | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and perform fleet routing operations. Learn more |
Routing | Last mile | premium | Allow application to access the routing service and perform routing operations for last mile delivery. Learn more |
Category | Label | Privilege string | Description |
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Basemaps | Basemap styles service | premium | Allow application to access the basemap styles service. Learn more |
Data enrichment | GeoEnrichment service | premium | Allow application to access the GeoEnrichment service. Learn more |
Geocoding | Geocode service | premium | Allow application to access the geocoding service. Learn more |
Routing | Routing (Network analysis) | premium | Allow application to access the routing service. Learn more |