Permissions in docspace collaboration room

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I have a collaboration room. and I found this lovely document that explains some of the permissions.

I’m a little confused between what these categories are called.

  • administration/users/guests
  • owner/room admin/user/guests
  • room manager/content creator/editor/viewer - user types?

what are they?

what is the difference between a “room admin” that is a “content creator”, vs a “user” that is a “content creator”? -

I’m particularly confused as to why a “roomadmin” as a content creator can’t rename files.

The below page says that a user can rename files.

the below page doesn’t tell me what a content creator can or can not do.

thank you. I’m usually pretty well versed in setting up permissions, but you have me very confused.

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Hi elnino! There are two separate systems here:

User types (portal-level): Owner → DocSpace Admin → Room Admin → User → Guest — control what sections you can access.

Room permission levels (per-room): Room Manager → Content Creator → Editor → Form Filler → Reviewer → Commenter → Viewer — control what file operations you can do inside a room.

A “Room Admin” with “Content Creator” room permission can’t rename files because renaming belongs to Room Manager permission level only — not Content Creator. User type and room permission level are independent; even admins are bound by the room role assigned to them.

Ref: Inviting users to rooms