Venus Accounts: What rights are associated with the different user roles in Venus Control Suite?

Topic

What are the differences between the different types of users in Venus Control Suite?

Environment

Product: Venus Basic, Venus Select, Venus Professional, Venus Enterprise
Components: User Rights or Permissions
Control System: Venus Cloud-Based

Steps

There are 3 types of user roles within Venus Control Suite

Administrator: Full access to all features and functionality of this account. Able to create and modify user accounts.

Display Owner admin have full rights
This role would be ideal for a display owner, manager, or IT manager.

Standard: Access to all day-to-day operations, content and schedule creation, reporting and diagnostics for this account.

Standard users are able to operate the display based on the configuration applied by the admin.
This role would be ideal for an assistant manager or secretary, or office manager

Basic: Access is limited to creating content (not scheduling), previewing/viewing content and settings and running reports.

Basie users create content, see what is on the display and run reports.
Examples of this role would be designer or student.

System Health
See: System Health for Venus Control Suite

Apps for each user role

Comparison of user rights and roles for applications.

	Basic	Standard	Admin
Launchpad	✅	✅	✅
Media Library	✅	✅	✅
Monitoring	✅	✅	✅
Reporting	✅	✅	✅
Web Editor	✅	✅	✅
Data Studio		✅	✅
Scheduling		✅	✅
\Display Control		Read Only	✅
Displays		Read Only	✅
Layout Editor		Read Only	✅
Venus - users, accounts		Read Only	✅
System Health		Read Only	✅

Activities for Users

	Basic User	Standard User	Admin User	Related Resource
Launchpad
Media upload	✅**	✅	✅	Venus Media: How do I upload content into the media library for Venus Control Suite?
Web Editor	✅	✅	✅
Presentations	✅**	✅	✅	Venus Web Editor: How do I create a presentation using the Venus Control Suite?
Media Upload	✅**	✅	✅	Venus Media: How do I upload content into the media library for Venus Control Suite?
Delete Media		✅	✅	Venus Media: How do I delete items out of the Media Library in Venus Control Suite?
Fonts	Read Only	Read Only	✅	Venus Web Editor: How do I upload custom fonts for my content?
Reporting
Reports	✅	✅	✅	Venus Reporting: How to I make a report to see my scheduled content?
Events	✅	✅	✅	Venus Reporting: Proof of Play Report Types for Venus Control Suite
Media Associations (coming soon)	✅	✅	✅	Venus Reporting: How do I create and run a Proof of Play report in Venus Control Suite?
Scheduling
Playlists	✅	✅	✅	Venus Scheduling: How do I schedule content in Venus Control Suite?
Media Upload	✅**	✅	✅	Venus Media: How do I upload content into the media library for Venus Control Suite?
Delete Media		✅	✅	Venus Media: How do I use the Media Library Cleanup tool
Scheduled Content View	✅	✅	✅	Venus Scheduling: How do I view my scheduled content in Venus Control Suite?
Custom Transitions	Read Only	Read Only	✅	Venus Content Transitions: How do I set custom transitions for a display in VCS?
Time Ranges	Read Only	✅	✅	Venus Scheduling: How do I create time ranges on a playlist or individual file
Emergency Alerts	Read Only	✅	✅	Venus Public Alerts: How do account owners enable alerts in Venus Control Suite?
Monitoring
Dashboard	✅	✅	✅	Venus Monitoring: How do I get a live view or status of my display?
System Health (coming soon)	✅	✅	✅
Access mod map	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Diagnostics: How do I view display diagnostics in Daktronics Venus Control Suite System Health?
Access device config	Read Only	Read only	✅
Notification suppression	Read Only	Read only	✅	System Health: How do I suppress my alert notifications?
Diagnostic refresh	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Diagnostics: How do I view display diagnostics in Daktronics Venus Control Suite System Health?
View history	Read Only	✅	✅	Diagnostics: Where do I find display diagnostics in Venus Control Suite?
Venus
Users	Read Only	Read Only	✅	Venus Accounts: How do I add or create a user in Venus Control Suite?
Accounts	Read Only	Read Only	✅
Create Display Owner accounts	Read Only	Read Only	✅
Create Advertiser accounts	Read Only	✅	✅	Venus Accounts: How do I create an account in Venus Control Suite?
Displays	Read Only	Read Only	✅
Settings	Read Only	Read Only	✅
Tools	Read Only	Read Only	✅
Scripts	Read Only	Read Only	✅
Data Studio
Sources	Read Only	Read only	✅	Data Studio: How do I configure web data sources?
Conditions	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Scheduling: How do I configure play conditions in Venus Control Suite Data Studio?
Views	Read Only	Read only	✅	Data Studio: How do I create views to help validate my data?
Display Control
Control Plans	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Display Control: How do I schedule changes for LCD volume, power, brightness etc.
Displays
Home	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Displays App Resource Hub
Device registration	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Displays: How do I associate a device with a display in a Cloud setup?
Controller reboot	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Displays: How do I reset my display in Venus Control Suite
Controller replacement (future)	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Displays: How do I replace a device
Move display	Read Only	Read only	✅	Venus Displays: How do I move a display
Layout Editor
Layouts	Read Only	Read only	✅	Layout Editor: How do I create an l-wrapper zoned layout with a Fullscreen look change in Venus Control Suite

** - Approval required by Standard or Admin user on any content changes before going to production.

User rights in a local Venus Environment

Pre App-Suite	Basic	Standard	Administrator
Run Reports	X	X	X
Add Accounts	X	X	X
Delete Accounts		X	X
View Dashboard		X	X
Create and Save Content		X	X
Create Playlists		X	X
Schedule Content		X	X
Manage Events		X	X
Manage Time Range Aliases		X	X
View Scheduled Content		X	X
Manage Sales		X	X
Display Configuration			X
Display Owner Account			X
Create Users			X
Configure Data Feeds			X

Related Resources

Venus Accounts: How do I add or create a user in Venus Control Suite?

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