Setting up user group permissions for spaces

For any space, you can assign various permission levels to individual users or groups of users.

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You can assign custom permissions levels for any space or sub-space in the community. For more information about space permission levels and overrides, see Standard space permission levels and Custom permission levels and user overrides for spaces. For user groups permissions, the user group must exist before you can assign it permissions.

To set up permissions for user groups to a space:

Go to the configuration page:
- Admin Console > Permissions > Spaces, then click > Configure permissions next to the name of the space.
- Advanced Admin Console > Permissions > Space Permissions and select the space under View and edit a space's permissions.
This opens the space's page.
Click Customize this space's permissions to start customizing space permissions.

This option is available until the space inherits permissions from the parent place. If the space permissions are customized you will see a This space is using a custom permission scheme message.
To assign permissions to a user group not yet listed:
1. Click Add group.
2. Enter the name of the user group to add.
3. Under Select Permissions, select the default permission level for the group.
  You can choose one of the default permission levels or click View/edit custom level and define custom permissions for the user group.
4. Click Add Group.
The selected permissions are granted to the user group.
To edit permissions for a user group already listed:
1. Locate the group in the list.
2. Next to its permission level, click Edit permissions.
3. Under Select Permissions, select the default permission level for the group.
  You can choose one of the default permission levels or click View/edit custom level and define custom permissions for the user group.
4. Click Save.
The selected permissions are granted to the user group.