[Administration] Role Permissions Glossary



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Administration Roles


Administration Permissions 

Can View Administration:

Allows the administrator to access the Administration module.

Can View Roles:

Allows the administrator to access the role editor section of the administration module.

Can View App Logs:

Allows the administrator to access the application logs.

Can View Settings:

Allows the administrator to access the settings section of the administration module.

Can View Indexing: 

Allows the administrator to access the indexing tab of the settings section of the administration module.

Export App Logs:

Allows the administrator to export app logs from gPanel.


Users Permissions

Can View User Management:

Allow the administrator the ability to access the User Management module.

Can View Gmail Export:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Gmail Export module.

Create Users:

Allows the administrator the ability to add a new user if a free license is available.

Remove Users:

Allows the administrator to remove a current user, but not another administrator.

Edit cPanel Admins:

Allows the administrator to make the user an administrator on CPanel.  This, however, does not affect their role on gPanel.

Create Gmail Export:

Allows the administrator to create a Gmail Export of a user's account.

Delete Gmail Export:

Allows the administrator to delete a Gmail Export of a user's account.

Download Gmail Exports:

Allows the administrator to download a Gmail Export file.

Set the Encryption Key:

Allows the administrator to upload a Gmail Export key. 

Bulk Add Users to Group:

Allows the administrator the ability to add multiple users to groups.

Bulk Remove Users From Groups:

Allows the administrator the ability to remove multiple users from groups.

Bulk Suspend Users:

Allows the administrator the ability to suspend multiple users.

Bulk Restore Users:

Allows the administrator the ability to restore multiple users.

Bulk Change Users' OrgUnit:

Allows the administrator the ability to change the organizational unit for multiple users.

Bulk Change gPanel Role:

Allows the administrator the ability to change the gPanel role for multiple users.

Bulk Force Password Reset:

Allows the administrator the ability to reset passwords for  multiple users.

Bulk Set Default Language:

Allows the administrator the ability to bulk set the default language.

Bulk Add Gmail Label:

Allows the administrator the ability to bulk add gmail labels.

Bulk Gmail Shortcuts:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off shortcuts for multiple users.

Bulk Gmail Indicators:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off indicators for multiple users.

Bulk Gmail Snippets:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off snippets for multiple users.

Bulk Gmail Unicode:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off unicode for multiple users.

Bulk Gmail Webclips:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off webclips for multiple users.

Bulk Gmail IMAP:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off IMAP for multiple users.

Bulk Gmail POP:

Allows the administrator the ability to turn on and off POP for multiple users.

Bulk Contact Sharing:

Allows the administrator the ability to share contacts to multiple users.

Edit Email Address:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit users email addresses.

Edit User's Names:

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users account name.

Edit User's OrgUnit: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users organization unit.

Create Random Password:

Allows the administrator the ability to randomize a users account password.

Set Custom Password:

Allows the administrator the ability to specify the password for a user's account.

Force Password Reset:

Allows the administrator the ability to force a user to change their password on their next login.

Edit cPanel Role:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit a Role for cPanel.

Edit gPanel Role:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit a Role for gPanel.

Share Contact With Directory:

Allows the administrator the ability to share contacts with the directory.

Suspend/Restore Users:

Allows the administrator the ability to disable or enable a users account. Suspending a user will prevent the user from logging in or accessing any of their documents or calendars.

View Aliases Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the alias tab of the User Management module.

Add Aliases:

Allows the administrator the ability to create aliases for users.

Remove Aliases:

Allows the administrator the ability to delete aliases from user accounts.

View Profile Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the profile tab of the User Management module.

View Group Membership Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the group membership tab of the User Management module.

Add Group Members:

Allows the administrator to add users to current groups.

Remove Group Members:

Allows the administrator to remove users from current groups.

View Personal Contacts Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the personal contacts tab of the User Management module.

Add Personal Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to create personal contacts.

Update Personal Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to update personal contacts.

Remove personal Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to delete personal contacts.

Add Personal Contact Groups:

Allows the administrator the ability to create personal contact groups.

Remove Personal Contact Groups:

Allows the administrator the ability to delete personal contact groups.

Delegate Personal Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to delegate personal contacts.

View Gmail Settings Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the gmail settings tab of the User Management module.

Edit Gmail General Settings:

Allows the administrator the ability to change users general settings in the Gmail Setting module.

Edit Gmail Language Settings:

Allows the administrator the ability to change the default language gmail shows to users.

Edit Gmail Page Size:

Allows the administrator the ability to set the number of emails that show up on each page for the users. 

Add Gmail Account Delegation:

Allows the administrator to delegate access to a user's Gmail account.

Remove Gmail Account Delegation:

Allows the administrator the ability to remove delegates from gmail accounts.

Add Gmail Filters:

Allows the administrator to create filter's on a user's mailbox.

Add Gmail Send As:

Allows the administrator to create an alias that will be listed as the sender on
emails sent from the user's account.

Add Gmail Label:

Allows the administrator the ability to create labels for users' gmail accounts.

Add Gmail POP Settings:

Allows the administrator the ability to add POP settings to gmail accounts.

Set Gmail Vacation Message:

Allows the administrator the ability to set the vacation message for users.

Set Gmail Forwarding:

Allows the administrator to enable Gmail forwarding for users.

Set Gmail Signature:

Allows the administrator to set the signature for the users.

View Calendars Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the calendar tab of the User Management module.

View Drive Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the drive tab of the User Management module.

View Auditing Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the auditing tab of the User Management module.

Add Email Monitors:

Allows the administrator the ability to add monitors to users' email accounts.

Edit Email Monitors:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit monitors on users' email accounts.

Remove Email Monitors:

Allows the administrator the ability to remove monitors from users' email accounts.

View Site Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the sites tab of the User Management module.

View Devices Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the devices tab of the User Management module.

View App Password Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the app password tab of the User Management module.

Revoke App Specific Passwords:

Allows the administrator the ability to revoke app specific passwords.

View Third Party Applications Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the third party applications tab of the User Management module.

Revoke Third Party Applications' Auth Tokens:

Allows the administrator the ability to revoke third party applications auth tokens.

View History Tab:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the history tab of the User Management module.


Reporting Permissions

Can View Reports

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Reports module.



Drive Permission

Can View Drive Explorer:

Allows the administrator to access the Drive Explorer module. 

Can View Drive Search:

Allows the administrator to access the Drive Search module. 

Can View Ownership Transfer Logs:

Allows the administrator the ability to read the logs for ownership transfer actions in Drive.

Take Action:

Allows the administrator the ability to perform actions on Drive accounts.

Create Folders:

Allows the administrator the ability to create a new folder in the Drive module for the users.

Move Doc:

Allows the administrator the ability to move documents to different folders in the Drive module.

Trash Docs: 

Allows the administrator the ability to trash documents and folders. 

Rename Docs:

Allows the administrator to rename documents or folders.

Transfer Docs: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change a documents owner from one user to another user. 

View Doc Shares:

Allows the administrator the ability to view shared documents.

Edit Visibility on Docs:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit who can see documents in Drive. (e.g. Private, Domain, Public, etc.)

Edit Shares on Docs:

Allows the administrator to change who documents and folders are shared with. 

Create New Document:

Allows the administrator the ability to create new documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and etc. for users.

Delete Folders:

Allows the administrator to delete a docs folder.

Edit Sharing on Docs:

Allows the administrator to change the sharing level of docs/folders. 

Export Drive Search:

Allows the administrator to export the results of a Drive search to a spreadsheet. 

Calendars Permissions

Can View Calendars: 

Allows the administrator the ability to view the calendar module.

Can View Calendar Resources: 

Allows the administrator the ability to access the calendar resources module.

Create Calendars: 

Allows the administrator the ability to create new calendars in gPanel.

Delete Calendars:

Allows the administrator the ability to delete calendars.

Edit Calendar Shares: 

Allows the administrator the ability to share calendars with users.

Remove Calendar Shares:

Allows the administrator the ability to remove shared calendars from users.

Rename Calendars: 

Allows the administrator the ability to rename current calendars.

Edit Calendar Color:

Allows the administrator the ability to change the color that events are displayed in on current calendars.

Edit Calendar Location: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change the location information on current calendars.

Edit Calendar Description:

Allows the administrator the ability to change the description of a calendar.

Edit Calendar Timezone: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change the current time zone for calendars

Edit Calendar Visibility:

Allows the administrator the ability to change the visibility level of calendars. (e.g. Private, Domain, Public, etc.) 

Can Enable Event Editing:

Allows the administrator to give users the ability to edit calendar events.

Add Events:

Allows the administrator the ability to add events to a calendar.

Remove Events:

Allows the administrator the ability to remove events from a calendar.

Update Events:

Allows the administrator the ability to update calendar events.

View Calendar Resources (Beta):

Allows the admin to view calendar resources.

Create Resource Calendar (Beta):

Allows the administrator the ability to create resource calendars.

Delete Resource Calendars (Beta):

Allows the administrator the ability to delete calendar resources.

Edit Calendar Resource (Beta):

Allows the administrator the ability to edit calendar resources.

Add Share to Resource Calendar:

Allows the administrator to add a user to a calendar resource.

Remove Share from Resource Calendar:

Allows the administrator to remove a user from a calendar resource.

Edit Share of Resource Calendar:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit a user's access to a calendar resource.

Create Resource Calendars as category "unknown" (Beta)

Allows the admin the ability to create a resource with the category set to "unknown".

Create a Resource Calendar as category "Conference Room" (Beta)

Allows the admin the ability to create a resource with the category set to " conference room".

Create a Resource Calendar as category "Other" (Beta)

Allows the admin the ability to create a resource with the category set to "other".

View Features 

Allows the admin to view resource calendar features.

Create Features

Allows the admin to create features in a resource calendar.

Delete Features

Allows the admin to delete features in a resource calendar.

View Buildings

Allows the admin to view the buildings for a resource calendar.

Create Buildings

Allows the admin to create buildings for a resource calendar.

Edit Buildings

Allows admin to edit buildings for a resource calendar.

Delete Buildings

Allows admin to delete buildings for a resource calendar.

Directory Permission

Can View User Profiles:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the User Profile module.

Can view Groups:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Groups module.

Can View Organizational Units:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Organizational Units module.

Can View Shared Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Shared Contacts module.

Can View Contact Sync:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Contact Sync module.

Create Group:

Allows the administrator the ability to create groups.

Delete Group:

Allows the administrator to delete current groups.

Edit General Information Section:

Allow the administrator the ability to edit the General Information section of the Groups module.

Edit Directory Section:

Allow the administrator the ability to edit the Directory section of the Groups module.

Edit Content Control Section:

Allow the administrator the ability to edit the Content Control section of the Groups module.

Edit Settings Section:

Allow the administrator the ability to edit the Settings section of the groups module.

Edit Permissions Section:

Allow the administrator the ability to edit the Permissions section of the Groups module.

Edit Advanced Section:

Allow the administrator the ability to edit the Advanced section of the Groups module.

Add Group Aliases:

Allows the administrator to add aliases to current groups from the Groups module.

Remove Group Aliases:

Allows the administrator to remove aliases from current groups from the Groups module.

Add Member to Group:

Allows the administrator to add users to groups from the Groups module.

Remove Member from Group:

Allows the administrator to remove users from groups from the Groups module.

Edit Role of Group Member:

Allows the administrator to change a user's role in a group.

Edit Email Addresses:

Allows the administrator the ability to change users email addresses.

Edit Phone Numbers: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users phone number.

Edit Organizations: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users organization unit entries.

Edit Relationships:

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users relationships within the company. Examples would be job title and job description.

Edit Instant Messaging: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users messaging entries.

Edit Addresses: 

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users living/ home addresses.

Edit External IDs:

Allows the administrator the ability to change a users ID information.

Edit Profile Picture: 

Allows the administrator to upload and remove a picture from a users profile.

Add Organizational Units:

Allows the administrator to create a Organizational Unit within the domain. Organizational Units can be used to organize your users by their department or echelon.

Edit Organizational Units:

Allows the administrator to change a Organizational Unit within the domain.

Remove Organizational Units:

Allows the administrator to remove a current Organization Unit.

Change Organizational Units' Membership:

Allows the administrator to place users in a current Organization Unit.

Add Shared Contact:

Allows the administrator the ability to create new shared contacts.

Edit Shared Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to edit shared contacts.

Remove Shared Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to remove shared contacts.

Clone Shared Contacts:

Allows the administrator the ability to clone shared contacts.

Add Contact Sync: 

Allows the administrator to create new contact syncs.

Edit Contact Syncs: 

Allows the administrator to edit current contact syncs.

Remove Contact Sync: 

Allows the administrator to delete current syncs.

Edit gTalk Assistant:

Allows the administrator to edit gTalk assistant.


Audit & Compliance Permissions 

Can View Domain Summary:

Allows the administrator the ability to view the domain summary.

Can View Daily Changes:

Allows the administrator the ability to view the Daily Changes.

Can View Dashboards:

Allows the administrator the ability to view the Dashbaords.


Risk Management Permissions

Can View Data Alerts

Allows the administrator the ability to view Data Alerts.

Can view Administration Alerts

Allows the administrator the ability to view Administration Alerts

Can View Share Policies

Allows the administrator the ability to view Share Policies.


Discovery Permissions 

Can View Drive Search:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Drive Search module.

Can View Drive Explorer:

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Drive Explorer module.



Sites Permissions


Can View Sites

Allows the administrator the ability to access the Sites module.

Add Sites

Allows the administrator the ability to create sites.

Edit Sites 

Allows the administrator the ability to edit current sites.


Tools Permission

Can View Reports:

Allows the administrator to access the Reports module.

Can View Policies:

Allows the administrator to access the Policies module.

Can View Signature Templates: 

Allows the administrator to access the Signature Templates module.

Can View Shared Links:

Allows the administrator to access Shared Links.

Can View gTalk Assistant:

Allows the administrator to access the gTalk Assistant module.

Can View Bulk Operations:

Allows the administrator to access Bulk Operations.

Can View Notifications:

Allows the administrator to access Notifications in gPanel.

Can view Mobile Management:

Allows the administrator to access the Mobile Management module.

Can View Directory Sync:

Allows the administrator to access the Directory sync section. 

Can View Decommissioning:

Allows the administrator to access the Decommissioning section.

Can View Gmail Export:

Allows the administrator to access the Gmail Export module.

Can View Account Audit:

Allows the administrator to access the Account Audit section.

Approve Mobile Devices: 

Allows the administrator to approve a device for mobile management.

Block Mobile Devices: 

Allows the administrator to block a mobile device in mobile management.

Delete Mobile Devices: 

Allows the administrator to delete devices from mobile management.

Remote Wipe Mobile Devices: 

Allows the administrator to remote wipe a mobile device.

Create Decommissioning Processes: 

Allows the administrator to create Decommissioning jobs.

Edit Decommissioning Processes: 

Allows the administrator to edit Decommissioning jobs.

Delete Decommissioning Processes: 

Allows the administrator to delete Decommissioning jobs.

Run Docs Activity Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for document activity.

Run Login Activity Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for login activity.

Run Customer Usage Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for customer usage. 

Run User Usage Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for user usage.

Run Email Delegation Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for email delegation activity.

Run Email Forwarding Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for email forwarding activity.

Run Email Monitoring Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for email monitoring activity.

Run Hidden User Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for hidden user activity.

Run Inactive User Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for inactive user activity.

Run Last Login Time Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for last login time.

Run User Profile Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for user profile activity.

Run Quota Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for quotas.

Run Super Admin Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for super admins.

Run Suspended User Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for suspended users.

Run Empty Group Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for empty groups.

Run Group Member Count Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for group member count.

Run Groups With Nested Groups Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for nested groups

Run Groups With No Owners Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for groups with no owners.

Run Groups With No Members

Allows the administrator to run a report for groups with no members.

Run Orgs With No Members Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for organizations with no members.

Run Orgs Member Count Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for organizations member count.

Run Docs Shared Externally Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents shared externally.

Run Docs Shared Publicly Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents shared publicly.

Run Docs Over 100MB Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents over 100MB.

Run Docs Over 10MB Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents over 10MB.

Run Docs Shared With Groups Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents shared with groups.

Run Docs Modified In Last 14 Days Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents modified in the last 14 days.

Run Docs With MP3 Extension Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for documents with an MP3 extension.

Run Two Factor Enrolled Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for two factor enrolled users.

Run Group Membership Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for the group membership.

Run Group Report:

Allows the administrator to run a report for groups.

Create Signature Template: 

Allows the administrator to create a signature template.

Delete Signature Template: 

Allows the administrator to delete a signature template.

Edit Signature Template: 

Allows the administrator to edit a signature template.

Edit Signature Template Configuration: 

Allows the administrator to edit a signature template configuration.

Run Signature Template:

Allows the administrator to run a signature template

Create Policy:

Allows the administrator to create policies.

Delete Policy:

Allows the administrator to delete policies.

Edit Policy:

Allows the administrator to edit policies.

Run Policy:

Allows the administrator to run policies.

User Roles

User View Permissions

Can Edit Profile

Allows the user to edit their profile on the gPanel user interface.

User Permissions

View Groups:

Allows the user to view the groups tab on the gPanel user interface.

Edit Profile:

Allows the user to update their profile on the gPanel user interface.

View Shared Contacts:

Allows the user to read the shared contacts module on the gPanel user interface.

Contacts Permission

Delete Contacts:

Allows the user to remove contacts from themselves.

View Contact Groups:

Allows the user to read the contacts groups module on the gPanel user interface.

Edit personal Info:

Allows the user to change a contacts personal information.

Edit Phone Numbers:

Allows the user to change a contacts phone number(s).

Edit Relationships:

Allows the user to change the relationships for a contact.

Edit Addresses:

Allows the user to change the living / home addresses for a contact.

Edit Notes:

Allows the user to change the notes for a contact.

Edit Custom Data;

Allows the user to change custom date for a contact.

See Personal Contacts Module:

Allows the user to read the personal contacts module on the gPanel user interface.

Create Contacts:

Allows the user to create contacts.

Delegate Personal Contacts:

Allows the user to delegate contacts to another user using the gPanel user interface.

Manage Contact Groups:

Allows the user to manage their contact groups using the gPanel user interface.

Edit Email Addresses:  

Allows the user to edit the email address for contacts.

Edit Organizations:

Allows the user to edit the organizational information for contacts.

Edit Instant Messaging:

Allows the user to edit the messaging information for contacts.

Edit Websites:

Allows the user to edit the websites information for contacts.

Edit Dates:

Allows the user to edit the dates information for contacts.

See Shared Contacts Module:

Allows the user to read the shared contacts module.

Full Access:

Allows the user all the permissions that fall under "Contacts Permission".