How do member roles work?

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Members of publisher organizations can have different "roles" depending on their work at the newspaper. Currently, publisher roles include Admin, Billing, Rates, and User. Below is a full breakdown of the permissions for each role.

Permissions related to processing notices

Here are the actions each user type can take when managing individual notices:

Role

View notices

Place notices

Confirm notices

Create invoices

Edit notices

Refund invoices

Upload affidavits

Admin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Billing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rates

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

User

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes


Permissions related to newspaper settings

Here are the settings each user type can edit in "My Organization" settings:

Role

Organization members & roles

Newspaper address & phone

Ad deadlines

Rates

Affidavit settings

Payout settings

Customer settings

Admin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Billing

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Rates

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

User

No

No

No

No

No

No

No


Here's a written explanation of the roles:

  • Admin members have all permissions, including placing and confirming notices, creating invoices, and uploading affidavits; inviting and removing organization members; changing general settings (like contact information), advertising deadlines, rates, affidavit settings, and payment settings; and viewing and managing customers.

  • Billing permissions include placing and confirming notices, creating invoices, and uploading affidavits; and changing payment settings.

  • Rates permissions include placing and confirming notices; uploading affidavits; changing ad deadlines and rates; and viewing and managing customers.

  • User permissions include placing and confirming notices and uploading affidavits.