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Default Abilities Matrix

The tables below enumerate all of the Global abilities in the system and indicate which Default Global Roles have each ability.  Note that the Administrator Role is not listed because it is granted all abilities.

Administration Area Abilities Manager Publisher Approver Contributor
Access the Administration area yes no no no
Access Asset Factories yes no no no
Access Configuration Sets yes no no no
Access Data Definitions yes no no no
Access Metadata Sets yes no no no
Access Publish Sets yes no no no
Access Targets & Destinations yes no no no
Access Transports yes no no no
Access Workflow Definitions yes no no no
Access Content Types yes no no no
View Information and Logs in Administration area no no no no
Force logout of users no no no no
Run Transports and Destination diagnostic tests yes no no no
Access the security area yes no no no
Bypass all ability checks no no no no


Home Area Abilities Manager Publisher Approver Contributor
Upload images from the wysiwyg image upload popup yes no no no
Multi-select Copy yes no no no
Multi-select Publish yes no no no
Multi-select Move yes no no no
Multi-select Delete yes no no no
Modify Page Configurations on Pages yes yes yes yes
Modify the Content Type of Pages yes no no no
Publish readable Files, Folders, Pages yes yes no no
Publish writable Files, Folders, Pages yes no no no
View the publish queue yes yes no no
Reorder the publish queue yes no no no
Cancel publish jobs no no no no
Publish Publish Sets, Targets, and Destinations yes no no no
Edit access rights yes no no no
View the Versions tab yes yes yes yes
Activate or Delete a previous asset version yes no no no
View the Audits tab yes no no no
Bypass Workflow yes no no no
Assign and approve steps in a workflow yes yes yes no
Delete Workflows yes yes no no
Break locks on assets yes no no no
Assign Workflows to folders yes no no no
Bypass groups checks when viewing Asset Factories in New menu no no no no
Bypass groups checks when choosing Destinations to publish to no no no no
Bypass groups checks when assigning/using Workflow Definitions no no no no
Bypass all permissions checks no no no no
Toggle Accessibility, Spelling, and Link Checks and HTML tidy options when editing yes no no no
Modify Data Definitions of Pages and Blocks yes no no no
Move or Rename assets yes yes yes yes


Tools Abilities Manager Publisher Approver Contributor
Access Tool : Import : New Site Wizard no no no no
Access Tool : Import: Integrate Folder yes yes no no
Access Tool : Import : Zip Archive no no no no
Access Tool : System : Optimize Database no no no no
Access Tool : System : Sync LDAP no no no no
Access Tool : System : Bulk Change no no no no
Access Tool : System : Modify Logging Configuration no no no no
Access Tool : System : Search and Indexing no no no no
Access Tool : System : Modify Configuration Files no no no no
Edit system preferences no no no no


Security Area Abilities Manager Publisher Approver Contributor
View Users that share groups with current user yes no no no
View all Users no no no no
Create Users yes no no no
Delete Users that share groups with current user yes no no no
Delete all Users no no no no
View Groups to which current user belongs yes no no no
View all Groups no no no no
Create Groups yes no no no
Delete Groups to which current user belongs no no no no
View Roles yes no no no
Edit Roles no no no no
Delete all groups no no no no
Edit all Users no no no no
Edit Users that share groups with current user yes no no no
Edit all Groups no no no no
Edit Groups to which the current user belongs yes no no no

Sites Abilities Manager Publisher Approver Contributor
Access the Site Management Area no no no no
Access all Sites no no no no
Create Sites no no no no

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