Getting access to BENCH

BENCH doesn't use an AD group or a Nexus One Credentials grant. Signing in through Nexus One is enough on its own — every signed-in user can reach every tile and every tool in BENCH, including SLICE and BRIDGE (the two tools that send a file to BENCH's own server to process it).

Why there's nothing to request

None of BENCH's tools read from a shared data source or a database. Each tool only works on the file(s) you hand it for that one request, so there's no data behind it to gate by role — access follows PRISM's launcher, not an app like FORGE or LOOP that fronts real financial data.

If you land on a sign-in page

That's Nexus One's own sign-in, not something BENCH added — it means you're not signed in yet, or your session expired. Sign in through Nexus One and you'll land back on BENCH.

If BENCH itself won't load

There's nothing else to check on the access side. If you're signed in to Nexus One and BENCH still won't load, that's an availability problem (the BENCH Server being down), not a permissions one — contact an administrator.