# Introduction
This documentation discusses the rights in ELO and assigning them.
Rights are assigned in ELO to determine which actions may be performed within the system. Rights are assigned in the ELO Administration Console.
Rights apply across the board in ELO. There are also permissions to individual entries and elements in ELO. The actions that may actually be performed on an entry or element ultimately depend on the combination of permissions and rights.
Examples:
You have the user right Delete documents, which allows you to delete documents in ELO generally. However, you only have Read (R) permission to a certain document. Despite the general right, you cannot delete this document, as you do not have permission to delete this specific document.
You have Read (R) and Delete (D) permissions to a certain document. However, you do not have the user right Delete documents. Despite the permissions, you cannot delete this document, as you do not have the right and therefore are unable to delete documents in the system in general.
Refer to the following sections for more information:
Related topic
Permissions in ELO: Permissions determine who may perform which actions on a specific entry or element in ELO. You will find information on permissions in ELO under Configuration and administration > User administration > Permissions in ELO.