Let the Attendant Work Without Seeing the Money: Restricted View, Exit Permission, and the Eye That Hides Amounts
The restricted view is a mode you turn on per attendant that leaves only what they need to work on screen — plates, entries, exits, charges — and hides everything that's business information: how much was collected, how many cars left today, expenses, reports, and shift history. Next to it there's a second, separate permission that decides whether that attendant can register exits or only entries. And for your own screen there's an eye that hides the amounts with one tap, for when someone looks over your shoulder.
Three different things, and it's worth not mixing them up: the first decides what your employee sees, the second what they can do, and the third is for you.
The problem: access used to be all or nothing
A parking lot needs the employee in the system: recording plates, charging exits, printing tickets. Until recently that meant they saw exactly what the owner saw: the day's revenue on the first screen, the reports, the expenses, last month's numbers.
For a lot of owners that's a concrete problem, and not always about distrust:
- The employee knows what comes in and what they're paid. That comparison, on screen every day, helps nobody.
- Whoever leaves takes the number with them. An attendant who quits knows exactly what the lot grosses, and sometimes goes to work at the lot down the street.
- Customers look at the screen. In a small booth, the neighbor paying up sees the display, and there's the day's take.
The alternative was giving no access and standing in the booth yourself. Neither one worked.
What is the restricted view?
A switch per attendant, per lot. Turned on, that employee sees the operation and nothing else:
| What they still see | What they stop seeing |
|---|---|
| The plate field, entries and exits | Daily and monthly revenue |
| The vehicles currently inside | Reports and charts |
| The charge for the exit they're handling | Expenses and net profit |
| Their own open shift | Everyone else's shift history |
| Tickets and receipts | The lot's settings |
It's per person, not per lot: you can have a trusted attendant who sees everything and a new one who doesn't, and the same employee can be restricted at one site and not at another. It starts off: turning it on is your call, and the attendants you already had keep seeing what they saw until you touch them.
What's the difference between "restricted view" and "entries only"?
Two separate permissions on purpose, because they answer different questions:
| Restricted view | Entries only | |
|---|---|---|
| What it governs | What they see: revenue, reports, expenses | What they can do: releasing vehicles |
| The typical case | The new hire, or anyone who shouldn't see the money | The gate attendant at a big lot, or the night shift |
| Turned on together? | Not necessarily | Not necessarily |
An owner may want a trusted attendant who sees everything but doesn't release cars, and a restricted one who does take payments. With a single switch those two cases would be tied together.
And "entries only" isn't one hidden button: the system closes all three paths a car can leave through — the exit charge, the void (which also releases the car, and is the one people forget), and the bulk close of already-paid sessions. Blocking only the first gives the feeling of control without the control.
What that permission deliberately does not block: charging on entry and selling a stay. They're part of check-in, and some lots charge that way; blocking them would leave the attendant unable to admit a car at all.
What does it look like for the attendant?
Buttons they can't use don't appear disabled: they don't appear. A button that shows up and answers "you don't have permission" only generates calls asking why.
And when they type the plate of a car that's already inside, the notice says "ask someone with that permission to release it" — not "ask the administrator", because whoever can release it isn't only the owner: any other attendant with the permission can too, and at a lot with two shifts that's the normal case.
And for you: the eye that hides the amounts
The restricted view is for your employees. This one is for your own screen.
On the dashboard, at the top right of the figures, there's an eye. One tap and every amount turns into $ ••••••: the day's revenue, the payment-method breakdown, outstanding debt, the summary bar at the bottom on mobile. Tap again and they're back.
It's what your banking app does, and it's for the same thing: you're reviewing the numbers in the booth, a customer walks up, and you'd rather they not see today's take. Or you're showing someone something in the system and the figures aren't part of the conversation.
Three deliberate details:
- It's remembered on that device. Leave it hidden and it stays hidden next time you open it, on that phone or that computer. Not on the others.
- It starts open. Nobody wakes up with the numbers hidden without asking for it.
- It doesn't hide the sessions table. There the amounts are part of the operation: the attendant needs to see what they're about to charge. What gets hidden is business information, not what's needed to work.
Can the three be combined?
Yes, and that's the normal setup:
- An attendant with restricted view for the night shift, recording entries and exits without seeing revenue.
- A trusted attendant with no restriction, who does see the reports because they help you with the admin.
- And you with the eye closed when you're in the booth with people around.
Each solves a different problem and none replaces another.
What does the owner still see?
Everything, always. Neither the restricted view nor the exit permission applies to you: the rule doesn't even look at you. And charges made by a restricted attendant are recorded all the same, with their name and their shift, so you see in the reports exactly what they can't.
That's what keeps the restricted view from being a hole in your controls: the attendant stops seeing the information, not generating it. Their shift close still reconciles, with its report and its cash count.
Who is it for?
Lots with new hires
First month, restricted view. Then you decide. It's easier than giving everything and taking it back later.
Night shifts and weekends
Whoever covers when you're not there doesn't need the monthly totals to do the job well.
Lots with two or more sites
The same employee can be restricted at the site you don't visit and unrestricted at the one you run together.
Small booths where the customer sees the screen
Here the eye is what helps most, and it's for the owner: it hides the figures in one tap, without changing anybody's permissions.
When is it NOT for you?
- If you work alone. There's no attendant to restrict; the eye can still help.
- If your attendant is your partner or a family member who runs the place with you. Restricting the view takes away tools they need.
- If what you want is to stop an employee from pocketing money, this isn't the answer. The restricted view hides information; for cash what works is the shift close with a cash count, and if the problem is charging off the books, the exit permission.
Frequently asked questions
Is the restricted view turned on for the whole lot? No, it's per attendant. You can have one restricted and another not at the same site.
Can an attendant with restricted view charge exits? Yes, if they have the exit permission. They're two different things: one is what they see, the other what they can do.
What happens to attendants I already had before turning it on? Nothing. The mode starts off and the exit permission starts on, so nobody's behavior changes until you touch it.
Does the eye that hides amounts also hide them from attendants? No, the eye belongs to the device of whoever uses it: it's for your screen. To hide revenue from an employee, the tool is the restricted view.
Does the eye remember that I left it closed? Yes, on that device. On another phone or computer it's open again.
Does the owner lose any information because of this? None. A restricted attendant's charges are recorded with their name and shift; you keep seeing everything in the reports.
In short
Handing the system to an employee stopped being all or nothing: the restricted view decides what they see — hiding revenue, reports and expenses — the exit permission decides what they can do by closing all three paths a car leaves through, and the dashboard eye is for your own screen when there are people around. All three turn on separately, because they solve different problems.
If you need someone to run your lot without seeing how much money comes in, Parqueadero.app is free and it's configured per attendant.
Published September 8, 2026.