Setting Social Group Permissions

Use this procedure to set up access to social groups.

You can set social group permissions in the Admin Console on the Social Group Permissions page. You can set the social group permission for either individual users (user override) or groups of users (user groups). For user groups permissions, the user group must exist before you can assign it permissions.

Fastpath: Admin Console > Permissions > Social Group Permissions

Setting a User Group Permission for Social Groups

On the permissions page, under Groups with access, assign permissions to user groups:
- To assign permissions to a user group not yet added:
  1. Click Add group.
  2. Enter the name of the user group to add.
  3. Click the Select Permissions button.
  4. In the dialog box, select the permissions you want to apply for the user group.
- To edit permissions for a user group already added:
  1. Locate the group in the list.
  2. Next to its name, click edit permissions.
  3. In the dialog box, select the permissions you want to apply for the user group.
Click the Set Permissions button.

Creating User Overrides for Social Groups

Create a user override to grant a particular set of permissions to an individual. You might need to create an override if:

A person requires a particular set of permissions for a place, but isn't (and shouldn't be) a member of a permissions user group to which you've already assigned permissions for the place.
A person is a member of a permissions user group to which you've assigned permissions for a place, but the person requires a different set of permissions than those received as a member of the place -- in other words, the person is an exception to the rule. For example, you might want to separately define the person's permissions to enhance or limit their access in the place.

Use the following steps to create a user override on the permissions page you're editing:

Under User Overrides, click Create a user override.
In the box, start typing the name of the user for whom you want to set the override. Click the user's name when you see it show up.
Click the Set override button to view the permissions you can set.
In the permissions dialog for the person you selected, select and clear check boxes as needed. In the end you want the list of checked items to reflect the permissions the person should have. Note that you merely clear a check box to remove a permission -- there's no need to explicitly revoke the permission.
Click Set Permissions to save the override you've created.