What are User Policies?

๐Ÿ’ป Environment/Context

  • Account types & permissions
  • External groups
  • Download

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In order for you to view and manage the user policies of account types, the Users > Can view account types and Can edit account types permissions must be enabled on your account.

In order for you to view and manage the user policies of external groups, the External group > Can view and Can edit permissions must be enabled on your account.

If you're unable to follow any of the steps below, kindly reach out to your admin or refer to the Account Type Permissions Overview article for more information.

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โ“ Issue/Question

  • What is the User Policies feature?
  • What is the Policies tab in my External group settings for?
  • What is the Policies tab in my Account type settings for?

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๐Ÿ‘Œ Resolution/Answer

  • User policies let admins set download and clip rules at 2 levels
    • Account type: Configure > Users > select the account type > Policies tab
    • External group: Distribution > External Groups > select the external group > Policies tab
  • With policies, you can restrict what can be downloaded (by tag, player or external group) and control clips (max duration, reframing to 9:16)

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๐Ÿ”– Notes

  • Available controls: excluded tags, excluded players, excluded external groups, download pipelines (S3, MASV, SMB), video quality (Original, Edit proxy, Web proxy), auto-download, clip max duration and reframing to 9:16
  • There is no limit on how many tags, players or external groups you can exclude
  • How to set up User Policies?
  • How to manage the external groups?