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Setting up a User (i.e. Contributor) to Only Edit Specific Articles in a Chapter or Manual

Updated on Jan 26, 2023

This article will show you how to set up a Contributor user who can only edit or create articles in specific manuals or chapters.

You will need to do two things:

Set up a Contributor with Assigned Only
Assign the content at the manual, chapter, or article level

1. Set up a Contributor

1.1. Navigate to Users

Click Account
Click Users

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1.2. Click + Invite Single User

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1.3. Set up your contributor > Add Sites

Select the Contributor role
Add an email for the user
Click Add Sites

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1.4. Set Viewing Permissions and set Content Management to Limited Access

Select the Site and set the viewing permissions to the Published Knowledge Base (KB) to whatever you want
Set Content Management to Limited Access
Click Next

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1.5. Select Assigned Only > Next

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1.6. Click Add

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1.7. Click Invite

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2. Assign Permission at Content Level

2.1. Click Padlock Next to Content

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2.2. Add a New User

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2.3. Select User(s) > Next

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2.4. Set Permissions > Add

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