> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.asktable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Members and roles

> Understand organization roles, project roles, member limits, and ownership transfer.

Organization roles control governance. Project roles control what a member can do inside a specific project.

## Organization roles

| Role          | Capabilities                                                                         | Counts toward member limit |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------: |
| Owner         | All governance, members, projects, plans, and usage                                  |                        Yes |
| Admin         | Members, project metadata, and usage governance; no organization deletion or billing |                        Yes |
| Billing Admin | Plan purchases and usage; no project access                                          |                         No |
| Member        | Use joined projects; cannot view the organization user directory                     |                        Yes |
| Guest         | Use explicitly invited projects only                                                 |                        Yes |

Every organization always has exactly one Owner. Deactivated memberships do not count toward the limit. Still-valid pending organization invitations reserve capacity, except for Billing Admin invitations.

## Project roles

There are three project roles:

* **Project owner (OWNER):** exactly one per project; manages access policy, the project, and its members.
* **Project admin (ADMIN):** manages project resources.
* **Project member (MEMBER):** asks questions and uses shared project resources.

Organization Owners/Admins can govern every project in their organization, but do not receive an implicit project-content role. Effective content access resolves in this order:

1. An explicit project role.
2. For a public project, its default ADMIN or MEMBER role for active organization Owners/Admins/Members.
3. No access otherwise.

An explicit role can therefore upgrade or downgrade the default. Guests always need an explicit role, and Billing Admins cannot be project members.

## Cloud organization pages by role

| Page                  | Owner | Admin |         Billing Admin | Member | Guest |
| --------------------- | ----: | ----: | --------------------: | -----: | ----: |
| Organization settings |     ✓ |     ✓ | ✓ (plan section only) |        |       |
| Project management    |     ✓ |     ✓ |                       |        |       |
| Member management     |     ✓ |     ✓ |                       |        |       |
| Usage                 |     ✓ |     ✓ |                     ✓ |        |       |

Self-hosted deployments do not show Guest, Billing Admin, or organization usage.

Organization member management changes memberships and organization invitations: roles, deactivation, and ownership transfer. It never edits sign-in email, password, or SYS\_ADMIN status, and it does not delete the global User. Adding a project member is an immediate operation for a registered user; it never creates a pending project invitation in the organization directory.

## Deactivate and leave

Deactivating a member immediately revokes organization and project access while preserving the membership record and historical content. Inviting that person again can reactivate the relationship.

An Owner cannot leave or be deactivated directly. Transfer ownership to an active Admin or Member first. The previous Owner becomes an Admin after the transfer.

Likewise, a user who still owns any project cannot leave, be deactivated, become a Billing Admin, or have their account deleted. Transfer each project first to an active Admin or Member who is explicitly in that project. The previous project owner becomes a project Admin.

<Warning>
  Verify the target member before changing roles or transferring ownership. An
  ownership transfer changes governance permissions immediately.
</Warning>