# Direct permissions

These are permissions granted directly to this resource and that are relevant to this resource. These are edited exactly how you would expect.

## Permission states

<figure><img src="/files/3wDOqzIu1BENZjenRwYU" alt="Three permission states: Allow (green checkmark), Neutral (gray dot), and Deny (red X)"><figcaption><p>Permission States</p></figcaption></figure>

* **Allow (✔)** - grants the permission
* **Neutral (•)** - does not influence the permission. The principal either inherits it and it applies, or it does not
* **Deny (✖)** - denies the permission even if it's inherited. In Panomics, denies overturn allows

## Example use case

A team T could be granted read permissions for all analyses inside Project A. You can create a specific analysis as part of Project A, but grant team T "deny" for those read permissions. Now when team members from T navigate to the list of analyses in Project A, they cannot see your specific analysis.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Example - Hiding a sensitive analysis:** A team inherits read access to all Analyses in a Project. On one Analysis, set **Deny (✖)** on `read_analysis_*` to hide it from that team.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**`admin` implies all actions** on this resource and its children.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/tcUMim7it6HMoNL3V5nD" alt=""><figcaption><p>Deny Inherited Permissions</p></figcaption></figure>


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