{"id":9481,"date":"2023-11-15T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T08:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9481"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:25:49","password":"","slug":"21-permissions-for-subsidiary-groups","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-groups\/21-permissions-for-subsidiary-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Permissions for subsidiary groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If groups are nested, i.e. there are superior and sub groups, you have the possibility to give permissions in a superior group that are valid for the sub group. This is called inheritance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-80af7bfe1f2cac9aad48f56ff78dd877 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#e7c000;border-left-width:0.5rem;color:#3f3400;background-color:#ffe5644d;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">The permissions inherited in this way apply to users with certain group type roles in the superior group. The permissions are <strong>not<\/strong> passed on to the group type roles of the sub groups!<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose for how many subordinate group levels the selected permissions should be active:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No subordinate group level &#8211; This means that any ticked permissions are inactive. The permissions selection will no longer be displayed in this case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One to three subordinate group levels &#8211; The role-specific selected permissions are active for the selected number of subordinate group levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All subordinate group levels &#8211; The role-specific selected permissions are active for all subordinate group levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, for example, if you give a staff member of superior group A the permission to view and conduct group meetings of a sub group B, the staff member from group A can conduct the check-in for group B. The staff member from group B, however, can&#8217;t do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-groups\/how-does-a-role-of-a-superior-group-get-permissions-for-a-sub-group\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9468\">How does a role of a superior group get permissions for a sub group?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/permissions\/explanation-of-the-permission-system-in-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9465\">Explanation of the permission system in ChurchTools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If groups are nested, i.e. there are superior and sub groups, you have the possibility to give permissions in a superior group that are valid for the sub group. 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