website/docs: add procedurals to flow inspector docs (#9556)

* clarify access process

* add image

* link to permissions and explain query parm

* typos

* changed image

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Co-authored-by: Tana M Berry <tana@goauthentik.com>
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description: "Learn how to use global and object permissions in authentik."
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Refer to the following topics for instructions to view and manage permissions.
Refer to the following topics for instructions to view and manage permissions. To learn more about the concepts and fundamanetals of authentik permissions, refer to [About Permissions](../access-control/permissions.md).
## View permissions

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Permissions are the central components in all access control systems, the lowest-level components, the controlling pieces of access data. Permissions are assigned to (or removed from!) to define exactly WHO can do WHAT to WHICH part of the overall software system.
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Note that global and object permissions only apply to objects within authentik, and not to who can access certain applications (which are access-controlled using [policies](../../policies/index.md).
Note that global and object permissions only apply to objects within authentik, and not to who can access certain applications (which are access-controlled using [policies](../../policies/index.md)).
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For instructions to add, remove, and manage permissions, refer to [Manage Permissions](../access-control/manage_permissions.md).
## Fundamentals of authentik permissions
There are two main types of permissions in authentik: