Granting Power User Access to Announcements

In Metric Insights, Power Users have to be granted specific Privileges and Permissions to be able to edit an Announcement. This article describes the steps an Administrator should take to give the Power User Edit access to an Announcement.

Granting Edit Access

Edit Access permits the Power User to see the Announcements entry in the Content menu, open the Announcements list and enter the Announcement Editor to customize it.

A Power User can get access to an Announcement individually or inherit it from the Group he/she is a member of. For more details about granting Access to the Group, check the Assigning Privileges and Permissions to the Group article.

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

NOTE: "Create Announcements" Privilege can be a part of a Privilege Set. Assigning Privilege Sets rather than specific Privileges is recommended in Metric Insights, so check the Privileges List at the bottom of the page. If the "Create Announcements" Privilege is not in the list, proceed with this step.

  1. On the Info tab scroll the page to the Privileges section
  2. [+Privilege To User]
  3. Filter the list by "announcement"
  4. Find the "Create Announcements" Privilege and select the checkbox
  5. [Save]

This permission can be granted from the Announcement Editor and from the User Editor.

Assign Permission from Announcement Editor

Access Content > Announcements and click the necessary Announcement Active Name Link to open the Editor

  1. [Permissions]
  2. [+Power User Edit Access To Announcement]
  3. User: Select the Power User to whom access is granted
  4. [Save]
  5. [Close]
Assign Permission from User Editor

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. Go to the Power Users tab
  2. [+Announcement Edit Access To User]
  3. Announcement: Select the Announcement from the dropdown menu
  4. [Save]

Additional Options

There are several Privileges, that allow Administrator to give the Power User access to additional features, that are related to Announcements.

Assign a "Show Announcements on Homepage" Privilege

This Privilege allows the Power User to choose where the Announcement is shown. After the Administrator assigns it to the PU, additional options appear in the Show on field of the Content tab of Annotation Editor.

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. On the Info tab scroll the page to the Privileges section
  2. [+Privilege To User]
  3. Filter the list by "announcement"
  4. Find the "Show Announcements on Homepage" Privilege and select the checkbox
  5. [Save]
Assign "Allow Power Users to grant Announcement access to any User or Group" Privilege

By default, Power Users who have access to the Announcement can grant it to other PU's, but it's limited to the Users that are members of the same Group. The Administrator can allow the Power User to grant access to the Announcement to any PU or Group by assigning the Allow Power Users to grant Announcement access to any User or Group Privilege.

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. On the Info tab scroll the page to the Privileges section
  2. [+Privilege To User]
  3. Filter the list by "announcement"
  4. Find the "Allow Power Users to grant Announcement access to any User or Group" Privilege and select the checkbox
  5. [Save]
Assign "Delete Collaborative Items and Remove Announcement Associations" Privilege

This Privilege grants the Power User an ability to delete Announcements that were created by other Users and remove associations between an Announcement and an Element.

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. On the Info tab scroll the page to the Privileges section
  2. [+Privilege To User]
  3. Filter the list by "announcement"
  4. Find the "Delete Collaborative Items and Remove Announcement Associations" Privilege and select the checkbox
  5. [Save]

You are done. Great job!