Control who can publish

As an Inspire administrator, you can define at the user and role level whether the Publish action is available. If you add a user or role to the can_publish module property for the Content Browser module, the non-administrator user can see the Publish option. Otherwise, only administrators can see the Publish option.

Tips and tricks

  • By default, only administrators can publish content in Inspire.
  • If a user is an administrator or has been added to the can_publish module property, that user can publish in the following places:
    • Content Browser — from the right-click menu, the Options menu, and the Selected components panel
    • Projects — from the right-click menu, the Options menu, and the Selected components panel
    • Publishing — for a publishing Profile from the right-click menu, and the Options menu
  • The ability to publish from a snapshot is not affected by this module property.

To allow non-Admin users to publish:

  1. From the Security menu, select Module access management.
  2. From the Module access management tab, select Content browser, and then at the end of that row click Update pencil_icon.
  3. On the Update Module Access Permissions screen, select the Properties tab.
  4. In Module Properties, select can_publish.
  5. In Users/Roles, click Add.
    On the Select Users screen, if the list is large or you only want to see a certain type of user, you can narrow the list in the following ways:

    • To see only names that contain a word or specific letters, in Filter, enter text. For example you can find names that contain "admin", or "review". You can't search for text in any other column except Name.
    • To see all users sorted by Name, Security Type, or User Type, click the column heading and then click the grey arrow. To sort by Name or User Type you can also use the Sort By drop-down box.
    • By default, names with a User Type of Support are not included in the list. To see these users, select the Include support users option.
  6. After you finish selecting users or roles, click Select.
    Results:
    • You see your selection(s) added to the Users/Roles list.
    • You return to the Permissions tab of the Update Module Access Permissions screen.
  7. On the Update Module Access Permissions screen, click Save.
    Results:
    • You are returned to Module Access Management screen.
    • Any users whose access you added or removed must log out and back in to see the changes.