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Manchit
Engager

Not able to "Add Data" with a user having a Role- 'r_admin' which inherited the role 'admin'
where as able to "Add data" with a user having a role "admin".
Below is the error:
"You must be assigned admin permissions to use the 'Add Data' page. Please contact your Splunk App for Infrastructure admin."

rohit1793
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

II am facing the same issue, did you found any workaround for this issue?

Rohit Joshi
Splunk Architect
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stewarts_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

@Manchit You'll need to be either a power user or admin in order to use the page.

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riccardofuchs
Engager

No offense meant - I think the app is poorly designed having hard-coded the needed role names.

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