Calendar Manager permissions

Justin Ober

October 09, 2018 19:13

This article is for our Calendar Manager module. There is a newer product currently in closed beta. Additional information for current clients will be sent as soon as possible. Please see the following for additional updates:

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As you are deciding who needs to help with the calendars on your platform, consider the different permission levels you can set. Global Level permissions apply to the entire module, then you can set Granular Level permissions on a smaller scale, such as by individual calendar.

Global permission settings are controlled on the Admin Users screen and determine whether users can access Calendar Manager from the module menu.

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There are two options related to Calendar Manager that can be granted to an admin user group:

Calendar Manager - Allows users to access the Calendar Manager module, but they are restricted in what they can do there by their module-level permissions.
Calendar Manager (Admin) - Allows users complete access to the Calendar Manager module, AND users are allowed to set module-level permissions for other users.

Granular permissions take place at the module-level to determine what a user can do once they have accessed Calendar Manager. Permissions can be set per individual Calendar with a different set of admin users, each with their own customized level of access. Or, one or more groups of admin users can even share full access to Calendar Manager with all existing calendars.

Granular permissions are found within each calendar’s settings. From the Calendar Manager dashboard, click on the Calendars tab.
Find the calendar whose permissions you want to adjust, and click the corresponding Edit pencil.
Click the Rights button to display the Calendar Rights screen.

There are five distinct rights that can be granted or revoked to users:

View Calendar - Users with this right can see the calendar but cannot make edits to it.
Edit Calendar - Users with this right can change the calendar settings (name, icon, categories, etc.)
Publish Event - Users can make events on this calendar “live” on the website, that is, visible to site users.
Add Event - Users can create new events.
Edit Event - Users can change the name, date, description and other properties of existing events on this calendar.

Finalsite's Three-Step Guide to Setting Permissions

For an overview on how permissions work within the Finalsite system, read, "The Finalsite Guide to Permissions" where you can find a List of Permission Guides for each area.

Finalsite's Three-Step Guide to Setting Permissions

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