This article provides a detailed explanation of the permissions that are available and how they can be assigned to different user roles in the ahead platform.
🧑🏻💻 For admins | ✅ Standard feature
Permission Overview
The table below provides an overview of all the available permissions in ahead and specifies the default role to which each permission is assigned.
| Name | Description | Default Role |
| CanRead | Can access and read content. | User |
| CanComment | Users have the ability to provide comments on news articles, pages, and stories. | User |
| CanCreateStories | Users have the ability to create and begin a story. Additionally, the creator of the story can also make edits to the story after it has been created. | User |
| CanAddElementToStories | Can add a content item to a story that is currently active and visible to users. | User |
| UseMessages | Users have the ability to utilize the messaging feature to engage in chat conversations with their colleagues. | User |
| CreateCommunity | Users have the ability to create a community. When a community is created, the person who created it automatically becomes the administrator of that community. | User |
| EditStory | Has the ability to edit a story that was created by another user. | Editor |
| EditCareable | Can create and edit elements within the company's compass. | Editor |
| PinNews | Can pin news articles to the news channel. | Editor |
| CanEditPrivateNews | Can designate a news article as private for a specific group of users. | Editor |
| UseMustRead | Can utilize the "must read" feature on news articles and pages. | Editor |
| RunCampaign | Can create, edit, and manage a campaign. | Editor |
| CanEdit | Has the ability to create and make changes to news articles and pages. | Editor |
| UsePageAdministration | Has the ability to view the news and pages overview, providing access to all existing news and pages that are not set as private. | Editor |
| CanNotifyUsers | Can send notifications (via push notification, email, and MS Teams) when publishing a news article or a page. | Editor |
| UseInsights | Has the ability to view the insights section of ahead. | Editor |
| CanAccept | Can approve edit requests from other editors to grant them permission to edit a news article created by another editor. | Admin |
| UseGeneralAdmin | Can access and modify the general company settings in ahead, allowing for customization of global settings. | Admin |
| CanModerate | Can access the moderation dashboard in ahead to effectively manage and address reported content from users. | Admin |
| DeleteContent | Has the ability to delete any type of content within ahead. | Admin |
| EditDesign | Has the ability to create and personalize the appearance and style of ahead. | Admin |
| UseTopicAdministration | Has the ability to manage the navigation structure of ahead. | Admin |
| CreatePrivateCommunity | Users have the ability to create private communities. When a private community is created, the person who created it automatically becomes the administrator of that community. | Admin |
Customising Roles
Each permission can be assigned to one of the default roles: Users, Editors, or Admin. If you want to create more specific roles, you can create a new Group in Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) and assign users to these roles. For assistance with this, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager (CSM).
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