# Channel and Integration Permissions
## Types of Users
Polarity has four different types of users.
1. **Polarity Admin** - a Polarity admin is considered a super admin within the system, they can see everything and adjust settings for all channels and integrations even when they are not given explicit access.
2. **Channel Manager** - A channel manager can set permissions on a channel.
* The user that creates a channel is automatically made the Channel manager. That user has the ability to grant other users or groups permission to manage that particular channel. Channel managers have manager rights to a specific channel and a Polarity Admin can always manage permissions on a channel.
3. **Integration Manager** - An integration manager has the ability to set permissions on an integration and adjust options/cache settings.
* When an integration is first installed, only Polarity Admins can manage the integration. The Polarity Admin then has to explicitly grant manager access to a user or group.
4. **Polarity User** - a Polarity user is a normal user that does not have manager rights over a channel or integration.
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A Channel/Integration Manager only has managerial permissions on that particular channel or integration that they have been granted access.
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## Adding Users to Groups
To add new users or groups to the channel:
1. Click on the `Add Group/User` button.
2. This will pull up a modal where you can search for any users or groups you want to add. Search for the groups and/or users that should have access to the channel and select them.
3. Once completed click the `Add` button.
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New groups and/or users that are added will be automatically listed on the permissions tab.
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When new users or groups are first added, they are given read/write permission to the Channel by default.
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## Channel Permissions
Channel permissions are granted on a per channel basis and can be set by a Channel manager or Polarity Admin.
There are two different ways to assign channel permissions. The first is when creating a private channel. The second way to set permissions is after a channel has been created.
To make a group and/or user a `Channel Manager` or grant them `Read Only` access:
1. Navigate to the `SETTINGS` tab of a channel and select `Permissions`.
2. In each section for a group and/or user there will be a toggle to set `Read Only` and `Manage`. Select the toggle for the group/user that you want to change permissions for.
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1. `Read Only` prevents users from adding annotations to the channel but they will still be able to search the channel and subscribe to it.
2. `Manage` gives the user or group permission to modify Channel settings including permissions, clearing, and deleting the channel.
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### Private Channels
When first creating a channel you can make it a `Private` channel by:
1. Clicking on the toggle on the `Create Channel` screen.
2. Once a channel is toggled to `private`, an `Access List` input will appear at the bottom of the `Create Channel` screen. Here you can search for the groups and/or users that you want to grant access to the channel.
3. Once you have selected the groups and/or users that should have access, click the `Create Channel` button to create the private channel.
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Users added in this way will be granted read/write permissions to the channel.
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### Public Channels
By default when a channel is created it is set to public so all Polarity users will be granted access.
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When creating a quick channel from the annotation window it is created as a public channel
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### **Making a Public Channel Private**
To set permissions on a public channel:
1. Navigate to the channel page and click on the `SETTINGS` button for that channel.
2. On the `Permissions` tab you will see the current permissions for the channel. Since the channel is set to public it will have the `All Polarity Users` group and your own account listed.
3. To set the channel to private, remove the `All Polarity Users` group and any other groups or users that have access to the channel by selecting the `Remove` button under the action column.
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The `All Polarity Users` group is a special system group that represents all users on the Polarity instance. Once removed, the `All Polarity Users` group can only be added back by a Polarity Admin.
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## Integration Permissions
A Polarity Admin has the ability to set specific groups and users as an integration managers.
To set permissions on an integration and or assign integration managers:
1. Navigate to the integration you wish to update and click on `Settings`.
2. Once on the integration settings page, click on the `Permissions` tab.
3. To add a group and/or user, click on the `Add Group/User` button. This will bring up the group/user modal where you can search for the group and/or user you would like to add to the integration.
Users and groups listed under the permissions tab will be able to view and subscribe to the integration.
Admins can also make users/groups integration managers by clicking on the `Yes/No` toggle under `Manage`.
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When an integration is installed for the first time, you must add users/groups to the integration that you want to have access. By default, only Polarity Admins can view and subscribe to a newly installed integration.
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See [Integration Settings](https://docs.polarity.io/enterprise-guide/integrations#integration-settings) for more info about all the actions that an integration manager can take.