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title: Content Privileges
description: Content Privileges can be set by the User Administrator in Administration -> User Management -> Users/Groups. Add a user or a group by clicking on the + above…
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# Content Privileges
1\. Content Privileges can be set by the User Administrator in Administration, User Management, then Users/Groups.
2\. Add a user or a group by clicking on the **+** above the User or Groups grid. Click on a user or group name to edit Access Privileges.
3\. Content Access Privileges are located on the Create/Edit and User/Group side drawers.
4\. Content level privileges are available to Core users only and include:
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#### **📋Note:**
Content Administration enables the user to perform actions like:
- Archive Content
- Unarchive Content
- Delete Content
- Bulk Update Attributes
- Change Owner on a Content Record
- Change SME on a Content Record
- Copy Content
- Edit/Approve/Publish Content Outside of Workflow Permissions
- Move Content to a Different Library
- Initiate Review on a Piece of Content
- Reassign Content
- Make quick edits to content outside of workflow (if setting is enabled in System Settings by the System Administrator)
- Relate a Content Record to Other Content Record(s)
- Reset Type (Workflow)
- Change Type (Workflow)
- Revert Content to a Previous Step in the Workflow
- Update Attribute and Tags
- View content, as governed by the groups users are in and what content libraries those groups have access to view, plus content on which they are listed as the SME or Assignee.
Content Settings Administration enables the user to perform actions like:
- Create/Edit/Delete Libraries
- Create/Edit/Delete Workflows
- Grant access to Libraries
- Grant Content Admin Privileges at Library Level (more information below)
- Set Up Word and Excel Style Templates
- Create/Edit/Delete Custom Attributes
- Create/Edit/Delete Custom Attribute Values
- Create/Edit/Delete Attributes Profiles (a quick way to apply multiple attribute values to a piece of content with a click of a button)
- Create/Edit/Update/Delete Placeholders (a way to update frequently changing values throughout the knowledgebase)
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### Library Administration Privilege
1\. Library Administration Privileges can be granted in Administration, Settings, then Content Settings by the Content Settings Administrator.
2\. Click **+** to add a Library or on a Library name to edit a library.
3\. Library Administration Privilege allows a user to perform the administrative actions outlined under Content Administration above but only on the content in Libraries where they have been granted administrative access.
### Privileges Granted from Assignments
When a Core user is listed as a Content Owner on a piece of content or multiple pieces of content, they will be able to perform the following administrative actions, on the content where they are listed as the content owner.
- Archive Content
- Unarchive Content
- Delete Content
- Bulk Update Attributes
- Change Owner on a Content Record
- Change SME on a Content Record
- Copy Content
- Edit/Approve/Publish as Determined by Workflow
- Move Content to a Different Library
- Initiate Review on a Piece of Content
- Reassign Content
- Make Quick Edits to Content Outside of Workflow (if setting is enabled in System Settings by the System Administrator)
- Relate a Content Record to Other Content Record(s)
- Reset Type (Workflow)
- Change Type (Workflow)
- Revert Content to a Previous Step in the Workflow
- Update Attribute and Tags
- View content as governed by the groups they are in and what content libraries those groups have access to view, plus content on which they are listed as the SME
- View Content Assigned to them (while it is assigned to them only)
When a Core user is listed as an SME on a piece of content or multiple pieces of content, they will be able to see that content and perform the following actions on the content where they are listed as the SME.
- Change SME on a Content Record
- Change Owner on a Content Record
- Copy Content
- Edit/Approve/Publish as Determined by Workflow
- Initiate Review on a Piece of Content
- Make Quick Edits to Content Outside of Workflow (if setting is enabled in System Settings by the System Administrator)
- Relate a Content Record to Other Content Record(s)
- Reset Type (Workflow)
- Change Type (Workflow)
- View Content on Which they are Listed as the SME, if they don't have access to view it already
- View Content Assigned to them, if they don't have access to view it already (while it is assigned to them only)
When a Core user is assigned a content record through a workflow assignment, they get permissions as defined by the workflow (edit/approve/publish) plus they will have the following permissions while the content record is assigned to them. If a user who is defined in the workflow reassigns a content record to a user who is not defined in the workflow, the newly assigned user will inherit the permissions of the previously assigned user.
- Edit/Approve/Publish as Determined by the Workflow
- Reassign Content Record
- Revert Content Record
- Update Attributed and Tags
- View Content Assigned to them, if they don't have access to see it already (while it is assigned to them only)
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