# effectivePermissions

query · in the family [Reading your records](/reference/reading-your-records/)

## What it does

This page — the full picture of what a user may and may not do at an organization.

The verification mechanism: the FULL effective-permission map for an in-tenant (user, organization) pair — every registry operation evaluated by the SAME flat algorithm the future gate uses (default-DENY → union allow across the user's ACTIVE roles at the org → disallow-ALWAYS-wins), each entry attributing its contributing descriptors to their roles. Requires authentication; reads null when the user OR the organization is cross-tenant or absent. Previews DESCRIPTOR evaluation ONLY — no capability/dark-org/lifecycle composition (the ruled cutover slice).

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Reading your records** — Looking up and listing the records of your organization.

- Owner
- System Administrator
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- Sales Associate
- An API key whose scope allows `api:effectivePermissions`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `userId` | [ID](/types/#scalars) `ID!` | yes | No further notes. |
| `organizationId` | [ID](/types/#scalars) `ID!` | yes | No further notes. |

## Returns

[EffectivePermissions](/types/EffectivePermissions/) — The verification mechanism: (user, org) → the FULL effective-permission map + which role contributed each descriptor, computed by the SAME evaluator the future gate uses (preview ≡ enforcement — no second mechanism, no drift). Evaluates DESCRIPTORS ONLY: it does NOT compose the account-capability / dark-org / user-lifecycle gates.

## Example request

```graphql
query ExampleEffectivePermissions($userId: ID!, $organizationId: ID!) {
  effectivePermissions(userId: $userId, organizationId: $organizationId) {
    roles {
      roleId
      caption
      status
    }
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "userId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-11f967df0000",
  "organizationId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-44b781470000"
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "effectivePermissions": {
      "roles": [
        {
          "roleId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-164531fc0000",
          "caption": "Blue jeans",
          "status": "<status>"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": null,
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))
- `NOT_FOUND/*` — That record could not be found. ([NOT_FOUND](/errors/NOT_FOUND/))

## Used in

- [Change what someone can do](/use-cases/change-what-someone-can-do/)