User permissions overview

Comprehensive list of all permissions in ahead, along with descriptions of the actions they enable users to perform.

 🧑🏻‍💻 For admins   |   ✅ Standard feature

Each permission comes with a description explaining what it enables users to do, along with a reference to which of the standard roles—User, Editor, or Admin—typically include it. While these three roles are commonly used, ahead also supports creating custom roles to fit your organization’s specific needs.


The permissions are organized into groups to enhance readability.

Editor's content creation and settings

Permission Description Role
Manage News, Pages, Events Access the ‘News, Pages and Events’ area where all the content they can manage is listed. Editor
Create News, Pages, Events Create News, Pages and Events.

Editor

Company Compass Create and publish elements in the Company Compass

Editor

Campaigns Access the 'Campaigns' area where they can create and start (activate) Campaigns.

Editor

Edit Requests Accept or decline edit requests for News, Events and Pages, regardless of whether they have editing rights for them.

Editor

Send Notifications Send mobile app and email notifications when publishing News, Pages and Events.

Editor

Pin News Pin any published news item to the top of the newsfeed, regardless of whether they have editing rights for that news.

Editor

Must Read Enable the Mandatory Reading setting when publishing News and Pages. Available for content the user can edit.

Editor

Private Content Publish private News, Pages and Events.

Editor

Hubs

Customize Hubs Access the ‘News, Pages and Events’ area where all the content they can manage is listed. Editor
Edit Hub Module Create News, Pages and Events.

Editor

Hero News Manage which News are displayed in the Hero module on the Homepage.

Editor

Social

Stories Create Stories User
Communities Create public and gated Communities.

User

Private Communities

Create private Communities.

Editor

Company-wide settings

Company Settings Access the 'Company Settings' area. Admin
Navigation Access the 'Navigation' section in the 'Company Settings' area.

Admin

Design Access the 'Design' section in the 'Company Settings' area.

Admin

Quicklinks Access the 'Quicklinks' section in the 'Company Settings' area.

Admin

Insights Access the 'Insights' area. Admin and Editor
Deactivated Users Access to documents in the Personal Space of users that no longer have access to ahead.

Admin

User Management Access the 'User Management' area.

Admin

Content moderation

Moderate Content Access the 'Content Moderation' area. Admin
Delete Content Delete content and comments from any user.

Admin

Other permissions

Messages Use the 'Messages' feature to send and receive messages. This permission is available only when the Messages premium feature is enabled.

User

 

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