User rights and permissions

You need to set up user rights and permissions for Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail users to restrict access to certain content and specify the tasks a user is allowed to perform.

  • Rights determine the type of building block, for example Contact, Distribution List, Mailing or Segment, that a Content Manager user can work with. A System Administrator assigns specific rights for each Publication.
  • Permissions determine whether users can read, create, or delete the building blocks for which they have rights. For Outbound E-mail and Audience Manager you need to set permissions on Address Books and Folders.

You need to set Rights for Outbound E-mail items and Rights for Audience Manager items at Publication level to restrict access and actions users may perform on Outbound E-mail and Audience Manager items. Outbound E-mail and Audience Manager items are secured as follows:

LevelRights required to set rights and permissionsItem
At System Administration level, System Administrators can create Address Books.
At Publication level, users with Publication Management rights can:
In the Outbound-Email node, users with Permissions Management, Publication Management, or Outbound E-mail Folder Management rights can set Read/Write/Delete permissions on Folders to specify what actions users or User Groups can perform on items (Mailings and Distribution Lists) for which they have rights.
In the Audience Manager node, users with Permissions Management, Publication Management, or Outbound E-mail Folder Management rights can set Read/Write/Delete permissions on Folders to specify what actions users or User Groups can perform on items (Segments) for which they have rights.
Users with Permissions Management rights can set permissions on Address Books.