There are two levels of administrative access on your Community Essentials site, each giving the associated user additional access privileges necessary to fulfill a specific administrative role in your organization:

• Super Admins have the highest level of access to a Higher Logic site: They can do everything a Community Admin can but they also have access to a host of Super Admin-only tools and functionality, all accessible from the Admin interface.
• Community Admins can update their community's join and view permissions, add and remove Community Admin access, restrict and remove current members, run reports, moderate Discussion and Library items, manage community events, and more.

NOTE: See Manage Community and Super Admins to learn how to grant/remove these three levels of access.

Access breakdown by administrative level

The tables in the sections below provide a more comprehensive list of features, tools, and access available to each admin type.

Communities

Option	Super Admin	Community Admin	Notes
Manage community settings			Manage settings like who can join/view the community, as well as details like the community's name, description, features, and tags.
Email community members			Super Admins can email a community member on the Admin > Users > List page (click to select a member and click the Email button at the top right).
Remove community members			From the community, click Settings > Members. In the Actions column for the desired member, click the down arrow and select Remove. Confirm in the pop-up to remove this member from the community.
Invite people to join community			From the community, click Settings > Add or Invite Others and follow the prompts to invite users to join the community.
Place restriction on members			"Restricted Members" are blocked from participating in community discussions (posting, replying, and forwarding). However, while the restriction is in place, they'll still be able to read discussions and participate in other community activity. From the community, click Settings > Members. In the Actions column for the desired member, click the down arrow and select Restrict. Confirm in the pop-up to restrict this member's access to the community.
Remove restriction from Restricted Members
Moderate users
Moderate community Discussions/Libraries
Approve & reject moderated Discussion posts
Approve & reject moderated Library entries
Create/edit community events
Manage event Payment Provider
Create community announcements
Order/structure Libraries and folders
Modify/delete Library entries or transfer ownership of entries
Download community roster
Run community reports			Super Admins can restrict Community Admin access to exporting report data. If a member hides personal information on their profile (e.g., their email address), a Super Admin can still see, but a Community Admin can't. Personal profile privacy settings are respected for Community Admins, but not Super Admins.

Content

Option	Super Admin	Community Admin	Notes
Create & manage events
Edit discussion posts
Delete discussion posts
Tag discussion posts
Edit library entries
Delete library entries
Edit library comments
Delete library comments
Tag library entries
Edit news articles
Delete news articles
Edit news comments
Delete news comments
Tag news articles

User management

Option	Super Admin	Community Admin	Notes
Activate/deactivate user accounts			If a user's account is deactivated, they cannot log in until a Super Admin reactivates it. Super Admins can deactivate user accounts in a Higher Logic-managed community without affecting their status in your database.
Moderate users

Tools & features

Option	Super Admin	Community Admin	Notes
Manage Automation Rules
Manage ribbons/badges
Manually give users ribbons/badges
Create & manage Formal Tags
Impersonate users
Create & manage Terms & Conditions
Create discussion-specific ads
Run site-level reports