Admin Permissions

Admin permissions allow you to grant various levels of admin access to your users within Bonusly. There are six options for admin permissions in Bonusly: Global, Finance, Rewards,Tech, Awards, and Announcements. You can learn more about each type of permission below, and what access is available for each set of permissions.

Types of Connect Admin Permissions

Global:

Global admins with global status can access all admin options within Bonusly and assign admin permissions to other users.

Global admin tabs/actions:

Admin Dashboard: Review overall company participation and frequency, program adoption, and cost breakdown of your total spend with Bonusly.

Company

Company > Account settings: Update and change your display, rewards catalog, and security settings.
Company > Integrations: Connect / edit / remove integrations including, HRIS, collaboration & chat tools, single sign-on, Bonusly display options like kiosk mode and digital signage, and custom development options.
Company > Plans & billing: Review subscription and rewards account details, manage your plan.
Company > Billing History: Review recent invoices and payments, view and track your rewards spend and balance.
Company > Rewards catalog: Create and manage company exclusives; Review and manage all catalog options.
Company > Programs settings: Update and change your points name, company value hashtags, hashtag requirements, and banned hashtags.
Company > Announcements: Manage Active announcements and review previous announcements.

Users

Users > User accounts: View and edit active in your Bonusly account
Users > User management integration: Manage HRIS integrations
Users > Manage user imports: Staging area that allows you to view your user list and change user status for all users past, present, and future.

Recognition

Recognition > Peer-to-peer: Manage monthly points allowance and post customization.
Recognition > Awards: Add and manage awards.
Recognition > Nominations: Add and manage nominations.
Recognition > Celebrations: Add and manage celebrations.
Recognition > Incentives: Add and manage incentives.
Recognition > Pending approvals: Manage award and incentives that require approval.
Recognition > Reported posts: Review and manage reported recognition.

Growth (Achieve Accounts Only)

Growth > 1:1's overview: View company engagement, adoption, and meeting cadence for 1:1s.

Reports

Reports > Recognition activity: View all recognition activity for the company.
Reports > Participation summary: Overview of how much and how often a user is giving recognition and how much of the monthly allowance is being used.
Reports > Incentives summary: View a summary of all claimed incentives.
Reports > Total points earned: View users earnings reports, establish total potential reward spend.
Report > Total points given: View recognition given out across your entire organization within a selected timeframe.
Reports > Redemptions activity: Review and manage pending, approved, refunded, and declined rewards.
Reports > Rewards costs summary: View & download all redemption totals

Report Availability per Admin Type

Reference the table below to see the available reports for each Admin type:

Admin Type	Available Reports
Global Admins	All reports
Finance Admins	Total Points Earned Total Points Given Rewards Cost Summary
Rewards Admins	Redemptions Activity
Awards Admins	Recognition Activity Incentives Summary
Tech Admins	No reports available
Announcements Admins	No reports available

Finance:

Finance admins with Finance permissions can access the billing page, reward spend, and points earned. *Finance admins are unable to change the subscription information or cancel the account.

Finance admin tabs/actions:

Admin Dashboard: Review overall company participation and frequency, program adoption, and cost breakdown of your total spend with Bonusly.
Company > Plans & billing: Review subscription and rewards account details.
Company > Billing History: Review recent invoices and payments, view and track your rewards spend and balance.
Reports > Total points earned: View users earnings reports, establish total potential reward spend.
Reports > Rewards costs summary: View & download all redemption totals

Rewards:

Rewards admins can create and approve custom rewards.

Rewards admin tabs/actions:

Company > Rewards catalog: Create and manage company exclusives; Review and manage all catalog options.
Reports > Redemptions activity: Review and manage pending, approved, refunded, and declined rewards.

Tech:

Tech admins can install and uninstall integrations, create and revoke API keys.

Tech admin tabs/actions:

Company > Integrations: Connect / edit / remove integrations including, HRIS, collaboration & chat tools, single sign-on, Bonusly display options like kiosk mode and digital signage, and custom development options.

Awards:

Awards admins can add, manage, and review awards programs in Bonusly.

Awards admin tabs/actions:

Recognition > Awards: Add and manage awards.
Recognition > Nominations: Add and manage nominations.
Recognition > Celebrations: Add and manage celebrations.
Recognition > Incentives: Add and manage incentives.
Recognition > Pending approvals: Manage award and incentives that require approval.
Reports > Recognition activity : View and manage all company recognition activity.
Reports > Incentives summary :View a summary of all claimed incentives.

Announcements:

Announcement admins can create and manage announcements.

Announcement admin tabs/actions:

Company > Announcements: Manage Active announcements and review previous announcements.

If users are given this announcement permission, they will be able see the “Make announcement” button in the new givebox.

Global Admin permissions for Bonusly Appreciate

Admin Dashboard
All Company pages
All Users pages
All Recognition pages except peer-to-peer
All Reports except
- Reports > Participation summary
- Report > Total points given

Global Admin permissions for Bonusly Achieve

Admin Dashboard
All Connect Global Admin permissions with
- Growth > 1:1's overview: View company engagement, adoption, and meeting cadence for 1:1s.
Super Global Admin access (Bonusly support required for this level of permission)
- Growth > Growth Records: A dedicated admin page within the Growth section will allow admins to view and access all employees’ growth data. This includes both active and deactivated users.