Workspace Roles

Using Bluescape
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Workspace roles control what permissions users have within a workspace.

Role Name Permission (Member) Permission (Visitor)
See a list of tasks each workspace role can perform in the next table.
Workspace Owner There can be only one workspace owner. Visitors cannot be workspace owners. Visitors cannot create workspaces.
Facilitator Everything an editor can do, plus facilitators can hide and reveal canvases. Note that this feature is limited to paid tiers only. Visitors cannot be workspace facilitators.
Editor Editors can view workspace settings and change workspace content. Visiting editors cannot share the workspace.
Commenter Everything a viewer can do, plus commenters can offer feedback on workspace content.
Viewer Viewers can see most workspace content, except hidden canvases and only the first page of any uploaded documents, regardless of length. Visiting viewers have all the same workspace privileges as a member viewer.

Workspace Tasks Performed by Role

Performed Task(s) Workspace Owner Facilitator Editor Commenter Viewer
Edit, delete, upload, or download content :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x: :x:
Hide and reveal canvas content :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x: :x: :x:
Lead a workspace :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark:
Send a workspace to the Wall :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x: :x:
Select a default workspace role for a public workspace they own :white_check_mark: :x: :x: :x: :x:
Make a workspace public by inviting teams :white_check_mark: :x: :x: :x: :x:
Move a workspace between teams :white_check_mark: :x: :x: :x: :x:
Manage collaborators :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x: :x:
Invite collaborators with equal or fewer permissions ** :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark:
View collaborators :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark:
@mention collaborators :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x:
Comment on content :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x:
Use workspace chat :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x:
Select and copy assets, then paste them into another workspace :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark:
View all workspace content :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark:
View workspace activity feed :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x: :x:
View all pages of uploaded documents :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :x:
Duplicate, delete, and archive a workspace :white_check_mark: :x: :x: :x: :x:
Edit workspace settings :white_check_mark: :x: :x: :x: :x:
View workspace settings :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark:

**Note: Collaborators can invite others to the workspace with equal or lesser permission levels to their own. For example, those with the Viewer permission can only invite another user as a Viewer. Users with the Facilitator role can share the workspace and invite another Facilitator, or an Editor, Commenter, or Viewer. Reply below if you would like to have this sharing permission disabled in your Team.

Understanding user permissions enables you to share and safeguard, where necessary, your workspaces and their contents.


Now, go try it in your workspace! :bluescape_home:

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Hi Bluescape Team! I noticed that in Share, under the settings for sharing with the entire organization, there is a new ā€œTemplateā€ role following No Access, Editor, Commenter and Viewer. Iā€™m trying to understand the parameters of this role and how it varies from the roles spelled out above, but I see nothing on the Bluescape Community about it. Can you please advise?

Related to this, Iā€™ve noticed that when a workspace is set to ā€˜All members of the organization have accessā€™ and Template, the workspace does not appear in usersā€™ Portals under My Workspaces + Owned by Anyone. It can be found by typing the name of the workspace in the Search, but it does not appear in the portal otherwise. Iā€™ve since come to realize that if you click on All rather than My Workspaces, then the template workspaces do appear. My question is what is the difference between A) choosing My Workspaces and filtering by Owned by Anyone and B) choosing All? Thanks!

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Hi Sarah,
This was a legacy role that allow users to manage templates but we have enhanced the template feature so this role is no longer needed. Indeed this built in role will be removed in our Apr release to avoid confusion. Sorry again for the inconvenience.

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How do we change the owner of a workspace after an employee has left the company? Who can do this if the employee isnā€™t available anymore?
Thanks

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Hi @Linda_Campbell1. Weā€™ve had this question pop up before. The organization owner or admin can remove the user from the organization and assign workspace ownership to another member.

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