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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Changing your instance user role

Change your PDI user role to either App Engine Studio Creator or Admin for different views and levels of access.

Before you begin

Role required: none

Depending on your learning or testing needs, you may need to change the user role for your PDI.

To change your user role:
1. Open the Account menu to access the My Instance section.
2. Click the Change User Role instance action.
3. In the Your instance actions dialog, select App Engine Studio Creator or Admin.

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Option to change user role to admin

4.  Click the **Change User Role** button.

5.  A message indicates when your change user role request is completed successfully.

To see the change in your user role:
1. Close any open PDI browser tabs.
2. Relaunch your PDI by clicking the Start building button in the Account menu.