User access to Sample Inventory Management and its dashboard tab
Key Takeaway
Users get the Sample Inventory Management dashboard when their profile has the Sample Inventory Management tab set to "Default On". Permission sets control what each role can do, so adding a permission set doesn't fix a missing dashboard.
Sample Inventory Management is the Life Sciences Cloud feature where users manage sample inventory operations and request samples. Users work in it through a dashboard on the Sample Inventory Management tab. Giving users access has two parts. First, you make the tab visible on their profile. Second, you assign permission sets that match each person's role as an admin, field rep or auditor.
Two places control access
Tab access and functional access are set in different places. The Sample Inventory Management tab holds the dashboard, and you set it per profile in the profile's "Tab Settings". What each role can do comes from permission sets. Because the two are separate, a user can have the right permission sets for their role and still not see the dashboard.
If a user can't see the Sample Inventory Management dashboard...
Edit the user's profile and set the Sample Inventory Management tab to Default On in Tab Settings. Assigning another permission set, such as Life Sciences Commercial Admin, isn't the fix, because permission sets control what a role can do rather than which tabs the profile shows.
If the question is about what a role can do, such as creating inventory operations or performing audits...
Look at the permission sets assigned to that user.