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NetSuite doesn’t provide a single report that shows complete inheritance chains or helps identify where conflicting permissions originate across complex role hierarchies.
Here’s how to create comprehensive role hierarchy maps and automatically detect permission inheritance conflicts that NetSuite’s native reporting misses.
Visualize role inheritance and detect conflicts using Coefficient
Coefficient can import and correlate multiple NetSuite and NetSuite record types that native reporting can’t effectively cross-reference. This gives you the complete picture of how permissions flow through your role structure and where conflicts occur.
How to make it work
Step 1. Import Role records with hierarchy relationships.
Use Records & Lists to import Role records, selecting fields like Parent Role, Role Type, and all permission settings. This creates your complete role structure database with inheritance relationships.
Step 2. Import User and Employee assignment data.
Create separate imports for Employee/User records showing all assigned roles per user. Include organizational fields like subsidiary, department, and location to understand permission scope.
Step 3. Import subsidiary and organizational structure data.
Pull in Subsidiary, Department, and Location records to map how organizational boundaries affect permission inheritance. This reveals conflicts that occur across organizational lines.
Step 4. Build inheritance mapping with spreadsheet formulas.
Create formulas to trace permission inheritance paths from parent to child roles. Use conditional formatting to highlight where users have conflicting permissions from multiple roles or where subsidiary-level permissions override global settings.
Step 5. Set up automated conflict detection.
Build formulas that automatically flag scenarios like users with both restrictive and permissive roles for the same function, or custom role permissions that conflict with standard inheritance patterns.
Stay ahead of permission conflicts
Automated refresh capabilities ensure your role hierarchy analysis stays current as organizational changes occur, providing ongoing governance that static reports can’t match. Start mapping your role conflicts today.
