Standard space permission levels

Jive includes several predefined space permission levels that you can assign to user groups or individual users.

You can see the list of space levels on the Space Permissions page in the Admin Console, on the Standard Levels tab.

Fastpath: Admin Console: Permissions > Space Permissions

Additionally, you can also add your own levels, as described in Custom permission levels and user overrides for spaces.

Standard levels overview

The following table lists the standard space permission levels, along with a summary of the access granted by each. The details on specific permissions are described in Access granted for each level.

Space permission level	Access granted
Administer	Design the space layout, read and write all content types, delete (but not edit) comments, assign permissions to users and user groups, delete the space
Moderate	Read and write all content types, edit other user content
Create	Read and write all content types
Contribute	Comment on commentable content types and reply to questions and discussion threads
View	View content
Discuss	Read and write in discussions and questions, contribute on all other content types
No Access	Only applicable when creating a user override. Use this to prevent access to the space and no entitlements are set

Access granted for each level

The following table lists each default space permission level, along with the specific permissions granted by each.

Space Permission Level	View	Create	Reply	Comment	Attach file	Insert image	Rate	Vote	Create Project	Create Announcement	Edit Comment	Delete Comment	Moderate
Administer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Moderate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Contribute	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
View	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Discuss	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No