Author Role

The various actions assigned to the Author role are listed in the following table:

Resource Name	Actions Permitted
Add Article Template	View
Article Type Folder	View
Categories	View
Channels	View
Compliance Policy	View
Expertise	View
Guided Help Profiles	View
KB Folder	Delete Notes, Manage Bookmarks, Manage Personal Folders, Add Notes, Manage Suggestions, Import Article, Suggest Article, Delete Article, Edit Article, Create Article, Create Folder, Delete Folder, Edit Folder, View Folder, Own Folder, Associate Article with Topics, View Personal Folder, Print Article, Delete Lists, Edit Lists, Create Lists, Own Article
Locations	View
Macros	View, Create, Delete, Edit
Messaging	Create Message, Delete Message
Manage Stage	View
Notes	View, Add, Delete
Personalization	View Personalization Objects
Portal	View, Create, Edit, Copy, Delete
Preference Group	Edit
Releases	Search, Manage Suggestions, Manage Release, Author, Create, Export Case Base, Make Suggestions, Import Case Base
Report	View, Run, Edit, Delete, Create, Schedule
Resolution Codes	View
Saved Search	Create, Delete, Edit
Search Console	View
System Resource (Knowledge Console)	View
System Resource (Agent Console)	View
Text Editor	Edit HTML source for articles
Topic	Copy, View, Delete, Edit, Create, Cut
User	View
User Group	View

The following actions have to be explicitly assigned to authors, if you want them to be able to do the associated tasks:

Resource Name	Actions Permitted
Portal	Launch a Knowledge Promotion, Launch all Knowledge Promotions, Generate Sitemap, Import Template Folder, View Staging Portal, View Author Portal
Knowledge Console.	Import Translations, Export Translation, Export Related Questions
KB Folders	Reset Lock
Article Template	Create, Edit, Delete
Article Type Folder	Create, Edit, Delete
Knowledge Workflow	View, Create, Edit, Delete
Manage Stage	Create, Edit, Delete
Compliance Policy	Manage