---
title: Give access to the Command Center
slug: '2843'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/2843/
collection: coveo-for-sitecore-v5
source_format: adoc
---
# Give access to the Command Center
Sitecore administrators automatically gain access to the **Command Center**.
You might also want to give access to the **Command Center** to someone without having to configure the user as a Sitecore administrator.
The goal of this article is to provide instructions on how you can do this.

## Configuring the user in Sitecore

Coveo for Sitecore is coded to allow the following Sitecore users access to the **Command Center**:

* Sitecore administrators
* Members of the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role

Installing Coveo for Sitecore doesn't add the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role in Sitecore.
To provide a non-admin Sitecore user access to the **Command Center**, create the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role and make the user a member of this role.

> **Important**
>
> There's no granularity in the privileges users have in the **Command Center**.
> Whether Sitecore administrator or member of the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role, users have full access to the **Command Center** features.
> Use precaution when granting access to the **Command Center**.

To make users member of the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role

. In the Sitecore **Launchpad**, select **Role Manager**.
. Ensure that the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role doesn't already exist in the list of roles.

![List of Sitecore user roles including Coveo Admin | Coveo](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/sitecore-roles-list.png)

> **Note**
>
> The `sitecore\Coveo Admin` role is used to provide access to the Coveo Diagnostic Page and isn't an alias for `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin`.
> These two roles are unrelated.

. If the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role doesn't already appear in the list, create it.
 .. Click **New**.
 .. Create the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin`.

![Screenshot of the Sitecore New Role window showing a new role named Coveo Configuration Admin](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/sitecore-role-manager-create-coveo-config-admin.png)
. In the **Role Manager** list of roles, select the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role.

![Screenshot of the Sitecore Role manager list of roles with the Coveo Configuration Admin role selected](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/role-manager-select-coveo-config-admin.png)

. In the ribbon, click **Members**.
. In the **Members** dialog, click **Add**.

![Screenshot of the Sitecore Members window with the Add button highlighted | Coveo](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/role-manager-add-member.png)

. Select **Roles** or **Users**, depending on the users you want to make members of the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role.
. Select the user or role and click **OK**.

![Screenshot of the Sitecore Add an Account window with a user selected | Coveo](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/role-manager-add-member-select-user.png)

## How a `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` user accesses the Command Center

When a member of the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role logs into Sitecore and accesses the **Control Panel**, the **Coveo Search** options are hidden.

![Screenshot of the Control Panel showing an empty Coveo Search section containing a No options available message](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/control-panel-coveo-config-admin.png)

However, a member of the `sitecore\Coveo Configuration Admin` role can gain access using a **Command Center** URL (for example, `\http://<INSTANCE_HOSTNAME>/coveo/command-center/index.html`, where `<INSTANCE_HOSTNAME>` is the name of your Sitecore instance).
If not already logged into Sitecore, Coveo for Sitecore prompts the user to do so by presenting the Sitecore login screen first, and then redirects the user to the requested page after authentication.