Basic Member Capabilities
Each SwissMetrics group has 3 member types to use depending on our planned use of SwissMetrics:
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Group Administrator (“Group Admin”)
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Standard Member (“Can Contribute”)
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Basic Member (“Basic Access Only”)
This article will explain the capabilities of a Basic Member at the Group level.
At a summary level, a Basic Member has the capability in the following areas:
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Group Home - View Home & any widgets
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Group Content - Read Only unless permissioned
Group Home Capabilities:
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A Basic member has access to view personal settings
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Access tools on the left-hand side

The following outlines the above capabilities of these areas and tools within a Group:
Group Members Capabilities:
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Group Members Area: Can view Group Members area
Group Settings Capabilities:
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No Access
Group Content Capabilities by Tool Type:
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Files
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Notes
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Discussions
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Events
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Tasks
Files Capabilities:
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Basic members can see the previous activity on a document
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The different file versions

Notes Capabilities:
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Basic Members can view and flag notes
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View Comments
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View previous activity
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View other versions

Discussions Capabilities:
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Basic Members can view discussions and their replies unless permissions have been set to private.
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Basic Members can comment/reply on private discussions, but only if they have been assigned to this discussion using permissions.
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Can tag, see activity and add attachments in private discussions they have been assigned to.
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Can guest share on private discussions they have been assigned to.


Events Capabilities:
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Basic members can access events that they have been invited to/assigned

Inside the event group members have been invited too:
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Basic members can edit the time and date
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Write comments
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Force member to accept or decline
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Set a reminder for the event
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Make the event recurring
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Guest share, see previous activity and add attachments

Task Capabilities:
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Basic members can view tasks. They can only edit tasks that they have been assigned to.

Within the tasks that basic members are assigned too they can:
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Update the task name
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Add comments into the event
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Update the category/Progress
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Edit the time and date
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Set a reminder for the task
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Set a Task Priority
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The ability to make the task recurring
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The ability to assign people to the task
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Can guest share
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See previous activity
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Can add attachments
