Standard roles and permissions
A role is a collection of permissions. SDL Trados GroupShare has seven standard roles, while SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud has six standard roles, which correspond to the most common jobs that users do. The permissions associated to roles can be changed in SDL Trados GroupShare, but they cannot be changed in SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud.
As administrator, you give roles to users so that they can carry out job functions in SDL Trados GroupShare, SDL Trados Studio and MultiTerm Server.
Standard roles in SDL Trados GroupShare
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Administrator |
The administrator of a SDL Trados GroupShare organization or resource library:
By default, the administrator role:
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| Power User | The power user role is typically filled by the application expert or the local administrator. |
| Translator |
The translator role:
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| External Translator |
The external translator role is filled by people from outside the translation company and they:
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| Guest | The guest role allows its users to have Read access to some details. |
| Project Manager |
The project manager role is filled by users who:
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| MultiTerm Guest | The MultiTerm guest role:
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Standard roles in SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud
- Administrator
- Project Manager
- Translator
- External Translator
- Reviewer
- External Reviewer
These roles and their permissions cannot be changed. Also, in SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud, there is no possibility to add new roles.
Standard permissions by role SDL Trados GroupShare
The following table shows the default permissions associated to the default roles in SDL Trados GroupShare.
| Resource type | Permission | Administrator | Power user | Project manager | Translator | External Translator | Guest | MultiTerm Guest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library | View Library | |||||||
| Add Library | ||||||||
| Edit Library | ||||||||
| Delete Library | ||||||||
| Link To Library | ||||||||
| Organizations | View Organization | |||||||
| Add Organization | ||||||||
| Edit Organization | ||||||||
| Delete Organization | ||||||||
| Link To Organization | ||||||||
| Users | View User | |||||||
| Add User | ||||||||
| Edit User | ||||||||
| Delete User | ||||||||
| Application wide | Background Task Administrator | |||||||
| View Background Tasks | ||||||||
| Manage Roles | ||||||||
| View License Info | ||||||||
| View Dashboard | ||||||||
| View Infrastructure | ||||||||
| Create Termbase | ||||||||
| TM database server | View DB Server | |||||||
| Add DB Server | ||||||||
| Edit DB Server | ||||||||
| Delete DB Server | ||||||||
| TM container | View Container | |||||||
| Add Container | ||||||||
| Edit Container | ||||||||
| Delete Container | ||||||||
| Language resource | View Language Resource | |||||||
| Add Language Resource | ||||||||
| Edit Language Resource | ||||||||
| Delete Language Resource | ||||||||
| Fields | View Fields | |||||||
| Add Fields | ||||||||
| Edit Fields | ||||||||
| Delete Fields | ||||||||
| Translation memory | View TM | |||||||
| Add TM | ||||||||
| Edit TM | ||||||||
| Delete TM | ||||||||
| Write TU | ||||||||
| Read TU | ||||||||
| Delete TU | ||||||||
| Batch Edit TU | ||||||||
| Batch Delete TU | ||||||||
| Import TU | ||||||||
| Export TU | ||||||||
| Re-index TU | ||||||||
| Project | View Project | |||||||
| Add Project | ||||||||
| Edit Project | ||||||||
| Delete Project | ||||||||
| Check Out My Project Files | ||||||||
| Check Out Any Project Files | ||||||||
| Cancel Check Out of Other Users Project Files | ||||||||
| Add new Source Files to a Project | ||||||||
| Add new Source Files to a Project | ||||||||
| Assign Files | ||||||||
| View Other Users | ||||||||
| Change Current Phase | ||||||||
| Change Any Phase | ||||||||
| Generate AuditTrail report | ||||||||
| Download AuditTrail report | ||||||||
| Secure Project File Download | ||||||||
| Project Templates | Add Project Template | |||||||
| View Project Template | ||||||||
| Delete Project Template | ||||||||
| Edit Project Template | ||||||||
| Termbases | View Termbase | |||||||
| Add Termbase | ||||||||
| Edit Termbase | ||||||||
| Delete Termbase | ||||||||
| Concept Level Read | ||||||||
| Concept Level Write | ||||||||
| Copy Entry | ||||||||
| Merge Entry | ||||||||
| Delete Entry | ||||||||
| Import Entries | ||||||||
| Export Entries | ||||||||
| Edit Without Input Model | ||||||||
| Change Entry Class | ||||||||
| Batch Operations | ||||||||
Standard permissions by role SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud
The following table shows the default permissions associated to the default roles in SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud. These roles and their permissions cannot be changed. Also, in SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud, there is no possibility to add new roles.
| Resource type | Permission | Administrator | Project manager | Translator/Reviewer | External Translator/Reviewer | GS Read Only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library | View Library | |||||
| Add Library | ||||||
| Edit Library | ||||||
| Delete Library | ||||||
| Link To Library | ||||||
| Organization | View Organization | |||||
| Add Organization | ||||||
| Edit Organization | ||||||
| Delete Organization | ||||||
| Link To Organization | ||||||
| User | View User | |||||
| Add User | ||||||
| Edit User | ||||||
| Delete User | ||||||
| Application wide | Background Task Administrator | |||||
| View Background Tasks | ||||||
| Manage Roles | ||||||
| View License Info | ||||||
| View Infrastructure | ||||||
| TM database server | View DB Server | |||||
| Add DB Server | ||||||
| Edit DB Server | ||||||
| Delete DB Server | ||||||
| TM container | View Container | |||||
| Add Container | ||||||
| Edit Container | ||||||
| Delete Container | ||||||
| Language resource | View Language Resource | |||||
| Add Language Resource | ||||||
| Edit Language Resource | ||||||
| Delete Language Resource | ||||||
| Field | View Fields | |||||
| Add Fields | ||||||
| Edit Fields | ||||||
| Delete Fields | ||||||
| Translation memory | View TM | |||||
| Add TM | ||||||
| Edit TM | ||||||
| Delete TM | ||||||
| Translation unit | Write TU | |||||
| Read TU | ||||||
| Delete TU | ||||||
| Batch Edit TU | ||||||
| Batch Delete TU | ||||||
| Import TU | ||||||
| Export TU | ||||||
| Re-index TU | ||||||
| Project | View Project | |||||
| Add Project | ||||||
| Edit Project | ||||||
| Delete Project | ||||||
| Check Out My Project Files | ||||||
| Check Out Any Project Files | ||||||
| Add new Source Files to a Project | ||||||
| Assign Files | ||||||
| View Other Users | ||||||
| View All Files | ||||||
| Change Current Phase | ||||||
| Change Any Phase | ||||||
| Termbase | Add Termbase |