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DannyPancratz
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August 29, 2024
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Expanded Idea Permissions

Related products:CC Ideation
  • August 29, 2024
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Ideas should have the same permission options as other categories: 

  • Visibile
  • Create Topics
  • Create Replies

And questions like this show use cases for also a permission around who can vote. 

I can imagine use cases where a community might want to limit who can vote on ideas: 

  • Excluding staff users from voting
  • Excluding staff/partners, just customers
  • Excluding prospects

 

    7 replies

    DannyPancratz
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    March 17, 2025

    Came here to add this idea, but looks like I already have. We haven’t used Ideation in a few years, but have use cases that could bring us back in that direction… but we’d want to start with staff only posts that others could vote on and reply to (not create anew). 

    Why are permissions for Ideation different from community categories that allow who can see/create/reply? 

    FYI: I am no longer active in this community
    Helper ⭐️⭐️
    March 28, 2025

    Hi ​@DannyPancratz thank you for your feedback! 

     

    This is a valid use case and we will consider it when working on Ideation and Product Updates permissions later this year.

    We’re planning to add the Visibility, Create Topic, Create Reply permissions to the Ideation and PU modules - and we will also assess the possibility of conditioning Voting permissions based on roles.

    Helper ⭐️⭐️
    March 28, 2025
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    DannyPancratz
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    March 28, 2025

    Thanks for the update, ​@hhugo. I’m glad to hear it’s on the roadmap! 

    FYI: I am no longer active in this community
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    September 22, 2025

    @hhugo any updates on when we can expect these expanded permissions? The need for this has popped up in again in our org. 

    Larry
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    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    November 12, 2025

    @kristineo ​@DannyPancratz I’m picking this up from Hugo. We are working on more granular permissions (across the board) in Q1 2026, which will include expanded idea permissions. I don’t have designs just yet, but the goal is you’ll be able to update the permissions in each role to determine what users can see and do!

    Larry Imgrund || Senior Product Manager & Community Nerd
    Larry
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    November 12, 2025
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    Larry Imgrund || Senior Product Manager & Community Nerd