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What each Access Level can do

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Written by Sunil Sharma

Everyone in a workspace has one access level: Admin, Manager, Contributor or Read Only. Admins set it in Manage › People. Some features also depend on your workspace's settings and plan, as noted under each table.

Own means only for items they created or collaborate on.

Getting around

Area

Admin

Manager

Contributor

Read Only

Home, Search, Learn, Grow

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Inbox

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Insights

Yes

Direct link only

No

No

Apps

Yes

Yes

No

No

Settings › Profile, Notifications, Security, Your apps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Settings › General, Branding, Features

Yes

No

No

No

Team appears under Manage for anyone with at least one direct report, whatever their access level.

Insights isn't in a Manager's sidebar, but a Manager can open an Insights page from a direct link.

People, groups and budgets

Task

Admin

Manager

Contributor

Read Only

See Manage › People

Yes, everyone

Yes, people in their groups

No

No

Invite people, edit profile details, change access levels

Yes

No

No

No

Deactivate, reactivate or delete people

Yes

No

No

No

Assign learning, change job role, set Reports To, resend invites

Yes

Yes

No

No

See Manage › Groups

Yes, all groups

Yes, groups they manage

No

No

See Manage › Budgets and be a budget owner

Yes

Yes, budgets they own

No

No

Request learning funding

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Budgets appear only if they're turned on for your workspace. Only a budget's owners can approve its requests, even Admins.

Content, Spaces and Gurus

Task

Admin

Manager

Contributor

Read Only

Create nuggets, courses, pathways and sessions

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

See Manage › Content and Manage › Learning

Yes

Own

Own

No

Edit or unpublish content

Own

Own

Own

No

Delete content

Yes

Own (as author)

Own (as author)

No

Assign published content

Yes

Own

Own

No

Create a Space

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Create a Guru

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Edit, assign or delete a Guru

Own (as creator)

Own (as creator)

Own (as creator)

No

Admins can edit someone else's content only as a collaborator. Collaborators can edit but not delete. Gurus appear only if AI Gurus are turned on for your workspace.

Skills and job roles

Task

Admin

Manager

Contributor

Read Only

Manage › Skills and Manage › Roles

Yes

No

No

No

Add skills to someone's profile

Yes

Yes, not their own

No

No

Add skills to your own profile

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

If skills are locked for your workspace, nobody can add or remove skills on profiles.

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