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CKAN User Roles

Platform-Level Roles

1. Visitor

  • Capabilities:
    • Search and view public datasets.

2. Registered User

  • Capabilities:
    • Become a member of an organization (requires admin approval).
    • Publish, edit, or add datasets based on their role in the organization.
    • Manage their own profile.
  • Note: Creation of organizations is disabled.

3. Sysadmin

  • Capabilities:
    • Access and edit any organizations.
    • View and change user details.
    • Permanently delete datasets.
    • Customize the look and feel of the platform.

Organization-Level Roles

1. Member

  • Capabilities:
    • View the organization’s private datasets.

2. Editor

  • Capabilities:
    • All capabilities of a Member.
    • Add new datasets to the organization.
    • Edit or delete any of the organization’s datasets.
    • Make datasets public or private.

3. Organization Admin

  • Capabilities:
    • All capabilities of an Editor.
    • Add users to the organization, and set their role (member, editor, or admin).
    • Change the role of any user in the organization, including other admin users.
    • Remove members, editors, or other admins from the organization.
    • Edit the organization’s details (e.g., title, description, image).
    • Delete the organization.

For more detailed information, please visit the CKAN documentation on authorization: CKAN Authorization Documentation.