Managing Social Group Permissions

As with spaces, social groups are places where people can create content such as documents, discussions, blog posts, and the like. Unlike spaces, social groups can't be arrange hierarchically, so there's no permission inheritance relationship among social groups. (An exception to this applies to projects created inside social groups, which inherit content type permission from the social group they're in.)

When you manage social group permissions, you're managing only the access through which people can view create groups, create attachments to content, and insert images. Content type permissions for social groups differ from those in spaces. A social group's manager grants permissions specific to content types by enabling those content types in their group. In other words, unlike content types in spaces, content types in social groups don't expose permission settings in the admin console. Content type permissions for spaces and social groups are independent of one another.

About Social Group Permission Levels

Social group permission levels are designed essentially as a way to manage whether people can see or create social groups. A person with access to create a social group can set the group's level of access and which content types are allowed in the group.

Permissions for each content type in a social group, however, are not configurable. They're essentially unlimited (read, create, comment, attach file, etc.). Projects created inside a social group inherit these permissions.

Note: Be sure to select "View social group" when granting access to create groups. Without that permission, people won't be able to see aspects of the UI through which they can create groups.

The following table lists the permission levels provided for social groups.

Permission	Access Granted
View social group	See the group feature in the UI and read all visible social groups. This is a general visibility option for groups. In other words, it must be selected in order for uses to choose "Group" from the New menu in the end user UI.
Create group (public)	Create a new a public or members only social group.
Create group (private)	Create a new private or secret social group.
Create attachment	Add an attachment to content in social groups.
Insert images	Add an image to content in social groups.

Setting Social Group Permissions

You can set social group permissions in the admin console on the Social Group Permissions page.

Admin Console: Permissions > Social Group Permissions

On the page, under Groups with access, assign permissions to user groups:
- To assign permissions to a user group not yet listed:
  1. Click Add group.
  2. Enter the name of the user group to add.
  3. Click the Select Permissions button.
  4. In the dialog box, select check boxes for the permission levels you want to apply for the user group.
- To edit permissions for a user group already listed:
  1. Locate the group in the list.
  2. Next to its permission level, click edit permissions.
  3. In the dialog box, select check boxes for the permission levels you want to apply for the user group.
Click the Set Permissions button.

Creating User Overrides

Create a user override to grant a particular set of permissions to an individual. You might need to create an override if:

A person requires a particular set of permissions for an area, but isn't (and shouldn't be) a member of a group to which you've already assigned permissions for the area.
A person is a member of a group to which you've assigned permissions for an area, but they require a different set of permissions than they've received as a member of the group -- in other words, they're an exception to the rule. For example, you might want to separately define their permissions in order to enhance or limit their access in the area.

Use the following steps to create a user override on the permissions page you're editing:

Under User Overrides, click Create a user override.
In the box, start typing the name of the user for whom you want to set the override. Click the popup that displays the user's name.
Click the Set override button to view the permissions you can set.
In the permissions box for the person you selected, select and clear check boxes as needed. In the end you want the list of checked items to reflect the permissions the person should have. Note that you merely clear a check box to remove a permission -- there's no need to explicitly revoke the permission.
Click Set Permissions to save the override you've created.