Users, roles, and permissions

A list of topics pertaining to users, roles, and permissions in Brightspot.

You can assign multiple roles to a user. Permissions belonging to roles are additive, meaning the user assigned with multiple roles receives all of the permissions afforded by the assigned roles. Cons...
If an administrator or editor requires different levels of permissions across different sites, you can assign site-specific roles. To assign site-specific roles: Click Menu icon > Admin > Users & Role...
This topic covers how to create a role in Brightspot. To create a role: Click Menu icon > Admin > Users & Roles. In the Roles widget, click New Tool Role. Using Fields for creating a role as a referen...
This topic covers how to edit a role in Brightspot. To edit a role: Click Menu icon > Admin > Users & Roles. The Roles widget is displayed on the left side of the page. In the Roles widget, click the ...
The default role is the role assigned to new users by default. To set a default role: Click Menu icon > Admin > Sites & Settings > Sites > Global. Under Main, from the Default Role list, select the de...
Below are the fields for creating a role: Main Widget Name—Name of role. Sites—Specifies the sites to which the role as access. Areas—Specifies the selections in the Navigation menu available to the r...
This topic describes how to create a user in Brightspot. To create a user: Click Menu icon > Admin > Users & Roles. In the Users widget, click New Tool User. Using the following tables as a reference,...
This topic describes how to create a user account in Brightspot. To edit a user: Click Menu icon > Admin > Users & Roles In the Users widget, click in the Search field, and start typing the user’s nam...
In most scenarios, single sign-on servers associate users with groups. Similarly, most publishers associate Brightspot users with roles. As a best practice, you should associate the SSO groups with th...
You can limit a role’s access to certain workflow transitions. For example, you may want one role to do only content editing, and another role to do only proofreading. To limit a role’s access to work...
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