How Permissions Work
Every member has one rank and can hold any number of department roles. A member's permissions are their rank's permissions plus those of every role they hold. Roles can only add permissions, never take them away.
You set permissions when you create or edit a rank or role. Roles linked to a Discord role are given and removed automatically, so permissions can change when Discord roles do.
Rank Hierarchy
Ranks are ordered from highest to lowest on the Roster. Even with the right permission, you can only:
- Promote, demote, punish, drag or change roles of members ranked below you.
- Move members into ranks below your own. Administrators can drag members into any rank.
- Edit, delete and reorder ranks below your own (Administrators only).
- Pick ranks below yours in rank pickers, such as shout visibility and quota ranks.
If you're in the highest rank, only a super administrator can act on you. Ask an owner or administrator of your main server if something needs changing at the top.
Administrators
The Administrator permission grants everything in the department, including Settings, Audit Logs and managing ranks and roles. Administrators are still limited by the rank hierarchy.
Super Administrators
Super administrators have full control of the department and can act on every member and rank, whatever their own rank. Someone is a super administrator if, on your main Melonly server, they're the owner, have the Administrator permission or have the Departments dashboard permission.
If a super administrator opens a department they aren't in, they're added to the bottom rank automatically.
Melonly Support
Melonly support staff can be added to help you. They can see everything an administrator can, but read-only, and have a support badge on the Roster. Remove them once you no longer need help.
Permission Lists
Changing Department Type
Your department type, set in General Settings, decides which CAD panel permissions appear when editing ranks. For example, Law Enforcement shows Police Panel permissions.
Changing the department type removes panel permissions that don't match the new type from every rank. Edit your ranks afterwards to grant the new ones.
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