Project Builder & Library supports multiple levels of access for each Project. Permissions are assigned on a per-Project basis. For example, a person with a Member account has full access to any Projects they own, but might be limited to Editor or Commenter access on somebody else’s Project.
Overview
| Commenter | Editor | Owner | Admin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comment on Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edit Project | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delete Project | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Add/delete products | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upload/download product files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delete product files | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export Project to CSV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export Project to EC3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Share Project | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Copy Project | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Change Project owner | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| View private Projects | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Add products in a Project to organization Favorite Products Library | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add products in a Project to personal Favorite Products Library | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delete products from organization Favorite Products Library | Yes* | – | – | Yes |
| Create, edit or delete accounts | – | – | – | Yes |
*Only Commenters who have Member accounts with privileges to add or delete products from an organization Favorite Products Library can do this. People with Associate accounts within your organization, as well as Commenters outside your organization, cannot.
Administrator accounts
Account administrators have full privileges. They automatically have access to all Projects within an organization and cannot be assigned any additional role. They have Owner-level access for every Project.
Owner
The Owner is the person who created the Project. They have full access rights to do anything within their Project.
Privileges include:
- Viewing
- Commenting
- Editing
- Deleting the Project
- Adding and deleting products
- Uploading and deleting product files
- Exporting the Project
- Sharing the Project
- Copying the Project
- Assigning additional Project owners
If a Project’s Owner leaves the company and their account is deleted, their Projects will be deleted as well unless other Owners have been assigned. See What happens when someone leaves your company for more information.
Editors
Editors have all of the same Project privileges as an Owner, with these exceptions:
- They cannot share the Project.
- They cannot delete the Project.
- They cannot add another Owner.
Commenters
By default, all account members in an Office subscription have Commenter access to every Project unless that Project has been marked visible only to its Owner and Account Administrators. (See How a Project is organized for more information about setting Project visibility.)
Commenters are limited to the following permissions:
- View the Project
- Comment on products
- Upload documents and images to products
- Export documents and images
- Export Projects to EC3
- Export Projects to .CSV
Invited collaborators outside of your organization who have been granted access to a Project, even if they have a paid subscription themselves, are limited to Commenter access only.