Permission Cheat Sheet

15. April 2026

This table lists the functions inside the matrix of User Role Permissions and Content Permission Set/Schema Permission Set Permissions.

		User Role Permission Manage Metadata Schemas	User Role Permission Manage List Items	User Role Permissions Manage Content	User Role Permissions Manage Content and Manage Transfer
		Create layer, list, fieldset, relationship, Virtual type schemas			Import contents
Schema Permission View	Get schema Index Fields i.e to be able to add the schema's fields to a channel filter or in the list items in the UI.	Export schema & list items (layer, list, fieldset, relationship, virtual type)
Schema Permission Manage Items			Create/update/delete/restore list items Import list items using a json file Import list items using an excel file	Create virtual Item (permission on virtual type schema)
Schema Permission Manage Schema		Update/delete schema (layer, list, fieldset, relationship, virtual type) Add fieldSet/tagbox/relationship field to a schema (schema permission view on the referenced schema) Import schema as json (layer, list, fieldset, relationship, virtual Type) Transfer schema ownership (target user must also have the user role permission Manage schemas)
Content Permission View	View content item Download content item file (all formats except the original) Download/view thumbnail of a content item
Content Permission View + Content Permission Access Original (or View and access original combines both the above)	View content item Download content item file (all formats except the original) Download/view thumbnail of a content item Download Original
Content Permission Edit Metadata
Content Permission Replace File				Replace the original file of the content item
Content Permission Manage Permissions				Update content permissions Transfer content ownership (target user must have user role permission Manage content)
Content Permission Delete				Delete content (UI and API) Restore content (API only)
Schema Permission View + Content Permission Edit Metadata	View values of a layer assigned to a content			Add/Remove layer on a content (schema permission View on the layer schema) Edit layer values of a content (schema permission View on the Layer schema) Assign list item values to a tagbox field of a layer (schema permission View on the layer schema + schema permission View on the List schema of the tagbox) Unassign list item values from a tagbox field of a layer (schema permission View on the layer schema + schema permission View on the list schema of the tagbox) Add/edit/remove fieldset and relationship values to a layer of a content (schema permission View on the Layer schema. All fieldsets and relationship schemas have the View for All assigned, so no check performed over them is compliant to the permission model) Assign/remove a content item in a relationship field of a layer of a content item (schema permission View on the layer schema + content permission View on the target content item.
Content Permission View + Content Permission Access Original	Download content item in the original file format