# Structuring User Management Ignition: Separating Gateway Access, Project Users, and Enterprise Context

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [February 2, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/structuring-user-management-ignition-separating-gateway-access-project-users-and-enterprise-context/113693 "2026-02-02T11:37:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/structuring-user-management-ignition-separating-gateway-access-project-users-and-enterprise-context/113693/3 "2026-02-02T13:13:30Z")

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This is a duplicate of your prior post here:

> [@Structuring User Management in Ignition: Separating Gateway Access, Project Users, and Enterprise Context](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/structuring-user-management-in-ignition-separating-gateway-access-project-users-and-enterprise-context/113562):
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> I have questions about how to properly structure user management in Ignition projects, especially as systems grow in size and complexity. At a high level, user management naturally splits into two distinct groups: Gateway / Designer users, who can access the Gateway configuration and edit projects. Runtime users, who access the system in production through Perspective (operators, line leaders, supervisors, etc.). These two groups have very different responsibilities and must be securely separ…

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