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Open the Page Permissions Tab

In order to view and manage the page restrictions:

  1. Open the admin panel

  2. In the left navigation bar, select “Permission Management” under the title “Smateso Configuration”

  3. Click on the tab “Page Restrictions”

Managing page restrictions in a space independently from users/groups

Select a space

To get the list of all pages and their restrictions, you need to select a space first:

  1. Click on “Select a Space”

  2. Type at least two characters of the space name

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Tip

They do not have to be the first two characters of the name.

After selecting the space a list of all pages and subpages with the current restrictions is shown.

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Tip

To see or unsee all subpages click on “Expand All” and “Collapse All”

Understanding the currently set restrictions and symbols in the page restriction tab

When looking at the table of pages the amount of information and settings displayed can be overwhelming.
Here is a short description of all symbols/icons and settings

Symbol/Setting

Meaning

Explanation

No restrictions

Editing restricted

Viewing and editing restrcited

Inherited restrictions

Restricted for users/groups

You can find out more about how page restrictions work here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf713/page-restrictions-1077913203.html

Editing the page restrictions independently from a user/group

Setting

  1. For the page you want to restrict/lift the restrictions, go to the column “Restrictions”

  2. Choose a setting in the dropdown menu

  3. When you are done making changes, click on “Save permission changes”
    (You need to save the changes you made, before going to the next page)

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Tip (NOT WORKING CURRENTLY DUE TO DIRECT SYNCHRONIZATION)

To find out the original setting, have a look at the following:

  • originally “no restrictions”: open lock and no people-icon next to the drop down

  • originally “Editing restricted”: open lock and a people-icon next to the drop down

  • originally “Viewing and editing restricted”: closed red lock and a people-icon next to the drop down

Managing permissions for restricted pages for a user/group

You can also edit ….the page permissions of a specific user/group

Selecting the user or group

To view or manage page permissions for a certain user/group you have to select the respective user/group:

  1. In the last column, click on “Select”-button

  2. Choose whether you want to select a user or group

  3. Type at least two characters of the name if the user/group you want to select

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They do not have to be the first two characters of the name.

After selecting the user/group the currently set permissions for the pages in the seleczed space are shown.

Understanding the currently set oage permission for a user/group and symbols in the page restriction tab with a user/group selected

When looking at the table of pages the amount of information and settings displayed can be overwhelming.
Here is a short description of all symbols/icons and settings

Symbol/Setting

Meaning

Explanation

You can find out more about how page restrictions work here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf713/page-restrictions-1077913203.html

Editing

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page permissions for a user/group

After selecting a user/group, you can edit their space permissions:

  1. Click on the according checkboxes, where you want to set/remove permissions for the selected user/group

  2. When you are done making changes, click on “Save permission changes”
    (You need to save the changes you made, before going to the next page)

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Tips

  • Changes will be marked with an asterisk, so you always know what the orignal setting was

  • If you want to set/remove all permissions in a space or the same permission in all spaces, you can use the checkboxes on the left side of the list and on top of the list

  • In case you selected a user, checkboxes will have a blue background if the user has permissions for that case by a group membership

Filter by a space

If you want to see the permissions of one space quickly, you can filter for it:

  1. Click on “Filter by Space”

  2. Type at least two characters of the space name

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