Metadata Permission Scheme (v 3.3) | Communardo App Documentation

Metadata for Confluence uses the following permission scheme.

Metadata set and field definitions

	Create, edit and remove Metadata fields and sets	See existing Metadata fields and sets
Global Metadata fields and sets	Confluence administrator	Any user with access to Confluence. This includes anonymous users when anonymous access to Confluence is enabled.
Space Metadata fields and sets	Administrator of the space or Confluence administrator	Any user with access to Confluence. Access to the space is not needed. This includes anonymous users when anonymous access to Confluence is enabled.

Create, edit and remove Metadata fields and sets

See existing Metadata fields and sets

Global Metadata fields and sets

Confluence administrator

Any user with access to Confluence.

This includes anonymous users when anonymous access to Confluence is enabled.

Space Metadata fields and sets

Administrator of the space or Confluence administrator

Any user with access to Confluence. Access to the space is not needed.

This includes anonymous users when anonymous access to Confluence is enabled.

Metadata values

See Metadata values	Add/remove Metadata sets to/from a page	Edit Metadata values
Any user who is allowed to viewa page which has a Metadata set assigned can see the values of the fields belonging to that set.	If Metadata setting `Non-admin-users can add Metadata Sets` is disabled, only the administrators of the space and Confluence administrators are allowed to add and remove Metadata sets. If Metadata setting `Non-admin-users can add Metadata Sets` is enabled, any user with Add page permission in the space can add and remove Metadata sets.	Any user who is allowed to edita page which has a Metadata set assigned can modify the values of the fields belonging to that set.

See Metadata values

Add/remove Metadata sets to/from a page

Edit Metadata values

Any user who is allowed to
viewa page which has a Metadata set assigned can see the values of the fields belonging to that set.

If Metadata setting Non-admin-users can add Metadata Sets is disabled, only the administrators of the space and Confluence administrators are allowed to add and remove Metadata sets.

If Metadata setting Non-admin-users can add Metadata Sets is enabled, any user with Add page permission in the space can add and remove Metadata sets.

Any user who is allowed to
edita page which has a Metadata set assigned can modify the values of the fields belonging to that set.

The Metadata setting Non-admin-users can add Metadata Sets can be found in the Confluence administration when navigating to METADATA FOR CONFLUENCE → Advanced Options.