Restrict access to a contact

To restrict access to a contact, go to the Contact profile page

Steps

  1. Access the Contact Profile Page of the contact you want to restrict access to

  2. Select the padlock icon in the top left corner of their Contact Profile Page

  3. You arrive on the Manage Access Popup for that contact

  4. You can remove access for groups of users based on their role on a particular project.

    1. E.g. you can change the setting so that other Project Reporters of your project have No Access to the contact

    2. E.g. you can override the general settings for specific users, i.e. giving yourself and a select group of users access to the contact

  5. Press Save Changes

Make sure that you include yourself in the Override the general settings for specific users if you are removing the access you have as a result of your role as e.g. a Project Reporter

The different access levels

A user has one of four Access Levels to each individual beneficiary

  • Post Update Access

  • Profile Access

  • Headline Access

  • No Access

Access Level

User can tag the Contact in a story, i.e.

  • see the Complete Survey button on the Contact’s profile page

  • see the Build A Story section at the top of the Contact’s profile page (unless Build A Story has been disabled at the charity level)

  • see the beneficiary’s name while creating stories using the Quick Update popup

User can view the Contact’s profile page

User can see the Contact’s name , i.e.

  • on the Manage Contacts page

  • on the Project Page’s Contacts box

Access Level

User can tag the Contact in a story, i.e.

  • see the Complete Survey button on the Contact’s profile page

  • see the Build A Story section at the top of the Contact’s profile page (unless Build A Story has been disabled at the charity level)

  • see the beneficiary’s name while creating stories using the Quick Update popup

User can view the Contact’s profile page

User can see the Contact’s name , i.e.

  • on the Manage Contacts page

  • on the Project Page’s Contacts box

Post Update Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Profile Access

No

Yes

Yes

Headline Access

No

No

Yes

No Access

No

No

No

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