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The role given to a user account determines what stuff they can do and see.

Hierarchy of Roles

Role	Access Level
System Admin	Full control over system settings and management.
System Monitor	System performance and access monitoring.
Team Leader	Expanded access to manage spaces and teams, including the ability to control permissions for spaces they are members of, creating templates, and data recovery from snapshots.
Team Member	Access to spaces in the web and desktop apps.
Client	Access to only the Libraries interface in the web app.
User	SMB access only. No access to user interfaces, except to change your password.

⚠️

Only give the System Admin and Team Leader roles to people you trust.

These roles have far-reaching privileges compared to other roles.

Give most of your users the Team Member role. Team Members can access and browse the ‘Spaces’ page, but are restricted from management features.

While even Team Members can delete or corrupt files, a System Admin or Team Leader can recover them using a snapshot. However, if spaces and/or snapshots are deleted entirely, you can never get the content back.

What Can Each Role Do?

All roles have access to the full capabilities of the desktop app, with the exception or User and Client can only use the web app.

The following tables break down what actions each role is capable of in the creative.space web app:

Spaces

Action	Team Member	Team Leader	System Monitor	System Admin
Share a Space				✅
Connect to a Space	✅	✅	✅	✅
Grant a User Access to a Space		✅		✅
Grant a Group Access to a Space		✅		✅
Restrict Access to a Folder		✅		✅
Create a Template		✅		✅
Update a Template		✅		✅
Add a New Ingest Connection	✅	✅	✅	✅
Ingest via USB	✅	✅	✅	✅
Ingest via SMB	✅	✅	✅	✅
Ingest via FTP	✅	✅	✅	✅
Batch Ingest from HyperDecks	✅	✅	✅	✅
Rename	✅	✅	✅	✅
Delete	✅	✅	✅	✅
Tag a Selection	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copy within a Node	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sync directories	✅	✅	✅	✅
Move	✅	✅	✅	✅
Apply a Template	✅	✅		✅
Upload	✅	✅	✅	✅
Zip a Selection	✅	✅	✅	✅
Get Folder Info	✅	✅	✅	✅
Launch on Desktop	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copy Link	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copy Path	✅	✅	✅	✅
Download	✅	✅	✅	✅
Unzip or Extract From a Zip	✅	✅	✅	✅
Select All or Multiple Items in a Browser Column	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sort Items in a Browser Column Alphabetically	✅	✅	✅	✅
Filter the Items in a Browser Column	✅	✅	✅	✅
Refresh the Contents of a Browser Column	✅	✅	✅	✅
Create a New Folder in a Browser Column	✅	✅	✅	✅
View Hidden Files	✅	✅	✅	✅
Inspect a File	✅	✅	✅	✅
Download Thumbnail	✅	✅	✅	✅
Play on Desktop	✅	✅	✅	✅
Pop-out Inspector	✅	✅	✅	✅
Jump from a Space to a Library	✅	✅	✅	✅
Create a Tag Category	✅	✅	✅	✅
Create a Tag Section	✅	✅	✅	✅
Move a Category into a Section	✅	✅	✅	✅
Create Tag(s)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Filter Assets using Tags	✅	✅	✅	✅
Edit a Tag	✅	✅	✅	✅
Rename a Tag Category	✅	✅	✅	✅
Rename a Tag Section	✅	✅	✅	✅
Go to File in Spaces	✅	✅	✅	✅
View Tags in the Inspector	✅	✅	✅	✅
See Who’s Connected to a Space		✅	✅	✅
Calculate Differences for Snapshots		✅	✅	✅
Toggle Filter to Show Only Differences with Labels		✅	✅	✅
Browse Snapshots		✅	✅	✅
Roll Back to a Snapshot		✅		✅
Restore Data from Snapshots		✅	✅	✅
Delete a Snapshot		✅		✅
View Used and Reference Info for a Snapshot		✅	✅	✅
Search	✅	✅	✅	✅
Navigating Bread Crumbs	✅	✅	✅	✅
Notifications	✅	✅	✅	✅
View Copy and Sync Progress	✅	✅	✅	✅
View and Manage Uploads	✅	✅	✅	✅
View Jobs		✅	✅	✅

Here is a breakdown of actions and whether are available for spaces, folders, and/or files.

Action	Space	Folder	File
Delete	✅ (System)	✅	✅
Copy Link	✅	✅	✅
Copy Path	✅	✅	✅
Copy and Sync	✅	✅	✅
Move	✅	✅	✅
Apply a Folder Template	✅	✅
Get Info	✅	✅
Upload (Target)	✅	✅
Zip a Selection		✅	✅
Upload (Source)			✅
Download			✅
Unzip			✅
Rename		✅	✅
Tag a Selection		✅	✅
Launch on Desktop		✅	✅

Team

Action	Team Member	Team Leader	System Monitor	System Admin
Create a User		✅		✅
Change a User’s Password				✅
Add Notes to a User Account		Only self and Team Members		✅
Find Out What Spaces a User is Connected To		✅		✅
Create a Group		✅		✅
Add a User to a Group		✅		✅
Remove a User from a Group		Yes, only for Team Leaders and Members		✅
Deactivate a User		✅		✅
Reactivate a User		✅		✅
Change a User’s Role		Can only promote Team Members to Leaders		✅
View Users, Groups, and Roles		✅	✅	✅
Change Your Own Password	✅	✅	✅	✅

System

Actions	System Monitor	System Admin
Add a Space		✅
View Space Configuration	✅	✅
Limit the Size of a Space		✅
Delete a Space		✅
Snapshot a Space		✅
Schedule a Snapshot		✅
Delete Snapshot(s)		✅
Reboot or Shut Down the Node		✅
Restart Services		✅
View Connected Users	✅	✅
View Scheduled Task(s)	✅	✅
Delete Scheduled Task(s)		✅
Configure Network Ports		✅
Configure Static Routes		✅
View Pool Information	✅	✅
Check Drive Health	✅	✅
Download Support Logs	✅	✅
Manage Your ZeroTier Account		✅
Create a New ZeroTier Network		✅
Connect Node to Existing ZeroTier Network		✅
Disconnect Node from a ZeroTier Network		✅
Connect a Workstation to a ZeroTier Network		✅
Remove a Workstation from a ZeroTier Network		✅
Download a Network Configuration File	✅	✅

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