What are permissions used for?

General

Permissions feature in Virola corporate messenger allows admins to grant or restrict the following actions on the application level:

•Creating a group chat-room

•Creating a private chat-room

•See other users' personal data

•Ability to change user password

The following permissions can be granted or restricted by the admin on a global level or by a moderator for specific group chat rooms:

In the main thread and in the discussion:

•Sending a text message in the main thread

•Sending a text message in a discussion

•Sending files in the main thread

•Sending files in a discussion

•Adding reactions in the main thread

•Adding reactions in a discussion

•Editing or removing own text messages

•Renaming or removing own attachments

Intercom:

•Use intercom

oListen

oTalk

oWatch other users' streams

oStream

oRecord

Miscellaneous:

•Change properties on other users' issues

•Share screen

•Send nudge

•See who read the message in the main thread

•See who read the message in the discussion

•See room sidebar

Admin global permissions cannot be overridden in specific group room permissions or in personal permissions set by moderator.

Permissions set by a moderator cannot override global and group room permissions set by admin. The moderator cannot grant restricted by Virola admin permission but can restrict granted by Virola admin permission.

Moderators can also set personal permissions for particular users within the chat-room. Such permissions will override granted group room permissions, but will not grant restricted by Virola admin permissions. This means that it is possible to restrict personal permissions for any user within the chat room and those permissions will override specific granted group room permissions. Personal permissions which can be applied to specific user are:

•In the main thread and in the discussion: