Account Setup
Purple Manager: Overview of roles & rights
12min
purple manager summary purple manager is the central interface for managing your team on the purple platform regardless of the component you use, you have first created a team in purple manager, which is set up by purple staff an administrator can then invite and manage team members and assign roles to them an administrator can then invite and manage team members and assign roles to them this article provides an overview of all the roles available in purple manager for selection/assignment to users, listing their capabilities and configuration options even if your (users) goal is to work solely in purple hub, a team and its users must be established in purple manager first preconditions to change roles and rights of users in purple manager, you need to have the role account admin https //docs purplepublish com/purple manager overview of roles and rights#5ebni be familiar with the concept of purple manager team management docid\ weodvdoi5tgauqonxlewt learn how to purple manager invite a user to a team and assign a role docid\ jzapl 5zvxcm ost57t5r roles and rights in purple manager member member is the purple manager role that a user has when they are invited to join a team without being assigned a role such a user will be able to see the team's apps and publications in purple manager, but will not be able to edit anything these are the same rights that a https //docs purplepublish com/purple manager overview of roles and rights#1jied automatically has in purple manager editor in this purple manager role, a user can manage all publications assigned to him/her, e g create new issues or publish issues in the live app in purple manager → teams → members → roles, an account admin can specify whether the user is allowed to manage a selection of publications (“yes (selection)"), or is not an editor (“no”), or whether he or she is allowed to manage all publications (“all publications”) hub editor the hub editor role is created in purple manager and can also be used in the purple hub this means that a user with this role can log in to the corresponding purple hub automatically this role is intended to be used for hub users who mainly work in the purple hub and don't need to be able to make changes in purple manager by default, the role when logging in to the corresponding purple hub will be https //docs purplepublish com/purple hub overview of roles and rights#mx jq the role in purple manager will be able to see apps and publications belonging to the team in purple manager , but will not be able to edit anything it behaves like the https //docs purplepublish com/purple manager overview of roles and rights#9iwdq role in purple manager in this purple hub role, a user can manage all apps assigned to him/her explicitly, e g create new issues or publish issues in the live app in purple manager → teams → members → roles, an account admin can specify whether the user is allowed to manage a selection of app related content (“yes (selection)") in purple hub, or is not an editor of app related content (“no”) in purple hub, or whether he or she is allowed to manage all app related content (“all apps”) in purple hub app admin the permissions of this purple manager role are focussed on all tasks that serve to configure and build apps as app admin, the user is allowed to edit apps, which means they can edit all tabs of the 'app tab control', including sharing, subscriptions, etc in this role, a user can also manage all apps assigned to them, e g they can send push messages or create new publications in purple manager → teams → members → roles, an account admin can specify whether the app admin is allowed to manage a selection of apps (“yes (selection)”), whether he is not an app admin (“no”), or whether he is allowed to manage all apps (“all apps”) account admins the role of an account admin contains all capabilities that an app manager and an editor have, which means it give the user the most extensive rights he has the ability to create new apps, invite other members and make changes to the rights of other team members this role also includes all the rights of app admin and editor as the menu items in the purple manager sidebar are not connected to apps or publications, only account admins have access to these settings similarly, only account admins can manage team settings, including inviting new users to the team and granting them permissions to manage apps and publications this role is not currently allowed to delete users if you wish to delete a user, please open a ticket with the support helpdesk and we will be happy to assist you