Managing Administrative Permissions

Administrative permissions give people the ability to keep the application running. Assign administrative permissions to delegate behind-the-scenes work. Through administrative permissions, people can:

Admin Console: Permissions > System Administration

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About Administrative Permission Levels

Administrative permission levels represent sets of permissions designed to support specific types of administrative work in the application.

Note: You can't create custom permission levels here, as you can for space permissions.
Permission Description
Full Access Gives control over every facet of the system. This level should only be assigned to users who are cleared to administer the system from a technical standpoint. It also gives access to view and administer all content in the system. Full access supercedes all other permissions at the space level and beyond. In other words, with full access, a person can do anything in the application whether or not they're explicitly granted permission to do it.
Manage System Similar to Full Access, the Manage System permission level grants control over all technical aspects of the admin console. However, unlike Full Access, it does not automatically grant access to all community content. If your system has content in spaces that should be kept confidential, grant this permission to technical administrators instead of Full Access.
Moderate Content Provides the ability to moderate social group content as well as perform global moderation duties across all spaces. Does not provide admin console access. When this level is granted to a group, all moderated content will pass through their queue before it appears in the community. For more about moderation, see Moderating Content.
Manage Users Grants access to manage the users of this application. For more on managing users, see Managing User Accounts and User Groups.
Manage Groups Grants access to create and manage user groups, such as for assigning permissions. For more on groups, see Managing User Accounts and User Groups.

Access to the Admin Console

Administrative permission levels determine access to the admin console. For example, a person who has been assigned the "Manage Users" level wouldn't typically need access to system-related areas of the console other than those for managing user accounts.

The following tables list each page of the console, showing whether someone assigned a particular level will have access to the page.

Dashboard Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
Dashboard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
System Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
Management            
System Information Yes Yes No No No No
License Information Yes Yes No No No No
System Properties Yes Yes No No No No
Locale Yes Yes No No No No
Log Viewer Yes Yes No No No No
Audit Log Viewer Yes Yes No No No No
Query Stats Yes Yes No No No No
Settings            
Attachments Yes Yes No No No No
Bridges Yes Yes No No No No
Images Yes Yes No No No No
Caches Yes Yes No No No No
Space Yes Yes No No No No
Discussions Yes Yes No No No No
Documents Yes Yes No No No No
Email Server Yes Yes No No No No
Message Templates Yes Yes No No No No
Mobile Yes Yes No No No No
Feeds Yes Yes No No No No
OpenSearch Engines Yes Yes No No No No
Phrase Substitutions Yes Yes No No No No
Polls Yes Yes No No No No
Private Messages Yes Yes No No No No
Projects Yes Yes No No No No
Search Yes Yes No No No No
Spell Check Yes Yes No No No No
Storage Provider Yes Yes No No No No
Themes Yes Yes No No No No
Web Services Yes Yes No No No No
Widgets Yes Yes No No No No
Video Yes Yes No No No No
Resource Caching Yes Yes No No No No
Plugins            
Installed Plugins Yes Yes No No No No
Add Plugin Yes Yes No No No No
Real-Time            
Overview Yes Yes No No No No
Connection Yes Yes No No No No
Space Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
Management            
Summary Yes No Yes No No No
Document Management Yes No Yes No No No
Discussion Management Yes No Yes No No No
Categories Management Yes No Yes No No No
Merge Spaces Yes No Yes No No No
Settings            
Space Settings Yes No Yes No No No
Discussion Settings Yes No Yes No No No
Document Settings Yes No Yes No No No
Moderation Settings Yes No Yes No No No
Abuse Settings Yes No Yes No No No
Community Everywhere Yes No Yes No No No
Thread Archive Settings Yes No Yes No No No
Extended Properties Yes No Yes No No No
Filters and Macros Yes No Yes No No No
Gateway Settings Yes No No No No No
Interceptors Yes No No No No No
Blogs Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
Management            
Personal Blogs Yes Yes No No No No
System Blogs Yes Yes No No No No
Comments Yes Yes No No No No
Trackbacks Yes Yes No No No No
Migrate Yes Yes No No No No
Settings            
Blog Settings Yes Yes No No No No
People Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
Management            
User Search Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Create User Yes Yes No Yes No No
Group Summary Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Create Group Yes Yes No No Yes No
User Relationships Yes Yes No Yes No No
Settings            
Avatar Settings Yes Yes No No No No
Ban Settings Yes Yes No No No No
Password Reset Yes Yes No No No No
Login Security Yes Yes No No No No
Profile and Homepage Yes Yes No Yes No No
Registration Settings Yes Yes No Yes No No
Status Level Settings Yes Yes No Yes No No
User Data Synchronization Settings Yes Yes No No No No
User Relationship Settings Yes Yes No Yes No No
Profile Image Moderation Yes Yes No No No No
Delegated Authentication Yes Yes No No No No
Permissions Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
System Administration Yes Yes No No No No
Space Permissions Yes Yes Yes No No No
Space Permission Levels Yes Yes Yes No   No
Blog Permissions Yes Yes No No No No
Home Page Permissions Yes Yes No No No No
Private Message Permissions Yes Yes No No No No
Mobile Module Permissions Yes Yes No No No No
Reporting Section
Console Page Full Access Manage System Manage Space* Manage Users Manage All User Groups Manage Particular User Groups**
Dashboard            
Reports            
Main Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
People Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Discussions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Blogs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Documents Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tags Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Settings            
Analytics Yes Yes No No No No
Third-Party Integration Yes Yes No No No No

* Manage Space permission must be on the specific space for editing.

** Manage Group permission must be on the specific group for editing.

Setting Administrative Permissions

You can set administrative permissions on the System Administration Permissions page in the admin console.

Admin Console: Permissions > System Administration

  1. In the admin console, go to the System Administration Permissions page.
  2. 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 System Administration Permissions for <user_group> dialog box, select check boxes for the permission levels you want to apply for the user group.
  3. 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 System Administration Permissions for <user_group> dialog box, select check boxes for the permission levels you want to apply for the user group.
  4. Click the Set Permissions button.

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