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 user rights access - standard vs corporate, in Using Copper
 
mattadams
 
PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:45 pm    Post subject: user rights access - standard vs corporate Reply with quote
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
Posts: 9

Is there a way I can grant clients access to view their project, but only see some tasks (such as milestones)?

We have standard now, but I dont like my client seeing all tasks. Is there a feature to limit tasks by user right that I am missing, or is this a feature in corporate?

We are trying to streamline client communications, by allowing them to see some project milestones w/ dates. This would be great as things change, copper would be updated for staff & clients.


thanks.
 
Ben
 
PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Posts: 641

Granting project access includes all tasks.

To grant single task access you allocate the user to a task via the task view/edit screen.

Adding another layer of complexity to the permissions system isn't desirable in the base build, but via customization we could add a bunch of controls to make this sort of thing possible (but I wouldn't want to be the one managing it) Smile
 
mattadams
 
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
Posts: 9

When I read the description of CORPORATE and it say “quick drill down” I take that to mean that it can handle different ‘levels’ of tasks.

If that is the case, we can give clients the level 1 access only which will just show the header and the total time we have allotted to elapse for each major step.

Is this correct?
 
Ben
 
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Posts: 641

Hi Matt,

The levels of permissions are Clients, Projects, Tasks.

Check out the Admin movie in the Tour page of our site for a more complete description.

In Client and Project views, you can drill down to projects/tasks respectively.
 
mattadams
 
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
Posts: 9

Got it. thanks.

So is editing a corporate users permissions more advanced than the standard users permissions?

I dont seem to have the same ease of use as the video for changing permissions.


is there a way to demo the corporate version? I dont want to switch without testing it first.
 
travis
 
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joined: 03 Jul 2007
Posts: 11

Hello Matt,

Permissions in Standard vs. Corporate is based off the same functionality, but presented in a different design. With that said, the Admin menu in the Corporate edition is designed with improved ease of use in mind!

Yes, feel free to sign up for a 14-day Corporate trial on our Demo page. If it's a good fit and you decide to upgrade from Standard, all of your data will transfer over without a problem!
 
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