What do all those terms mean, anyway?

Terms regarding Administrators/Editors:

They all will have at the very least “is_editor.” After that, here is the translation of those permissions and my recommendations.

can_configure: View Configuration tab. Editors should have this if you want them to be able to adjust the look and feel of the structure via the configuration tab.

can_edbypass: Submit for authors. This is really important if you want them to be able to upload.

can_edit: Edit submissions in this publication. This is also really important if you want them to have access to the “Manage Submissions” screen (as opposed to just the configuration screen).

can_see_all_submissions: Can See All Submissions. Same thing as above.

can_edit_collections: View collection tool. Up to you!

can_element : Create volumes, issues, tracks, and themes. This should only be available on event communities and journals. The fact that it’s available on /opensuny, a book gallery, is a known quirk right now. It won’t hurt anyone to have this.

can_mailing : Send mailings. This gives access to the “mailing list” tool on structures. This is something rarely used- do you use it on any publications?

can_regen: Update. Anyone who should be able to update the site should have this.

can_register_decision: Register decision. I believe that /opensuny was using peer review, so it’s important that editors have this if in publications that are registering decisions, if you want them to be able to do so.

can_seereports: View Digital Commons Dashboard. This is a great permission to give even if the administrators won’t do anything else with the publication! They’ll get monthly readership reports and have full-time access to the Dashboard for that publication.

can_see_reviewers: See Reviewers link. Again, I think /opensuny is using peer review, so this kind of permission is important for those editors needing to access the peer review tools.

gets_editor_mail: Receive email notifications. We’ve talked about this one in the past in discussions about ETDs. This is for folks who should know about new submissions, updates, posts, etc.