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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