Collaboration

Inspire supports real-time collaboration, allowing multiple users to work on content simultaneously, communicate, and share resources efficiently.

Real-Time Editing

Multiple users can edit the same scene simultaneously in the Designer:

• Presence indicators — See who else is viewing or editing the scene. Avatar icons appear in the toolbar.
• Live cursors — Other users’ cursors are visible on the canvas in real time, each with a name label and unique colour.
• Element locking — When a user selects an element, it is soft-locked to prevent conflicting edits. Other users see a lock indicator on that element.
• Instant sync — Changes made by any user appear on all other users’ screens within milliseconds.

Chat

Inspire includes built-in user-to-user messaging:

• Direct messages — Send messages to any user in your tenant
• Context-aware — Chat is available within the Designer, so you can discuss content while editing
• Notifications — Unread message indicators appear in the navigation bar

Sharing and Permissions

Control who can access and edit your content using Inspire’s three-layer permission model:

Roles

Visibility Groups

Content can be scoped to visibility groups. Users only see content assigned to their groups. This is useful for multi-department or multi-brand environments.

Sharing

Individual scenes, components, and data sources can be shared with specific users:

• View — User can see the item but not edit
• Edit — User can view and modify the item
• Full Control — User can edit, share, and delete the item

Element Locks

Within a scene, individual elements can be locked to prevent specific users or roles from editing them. This protects critical content while allowing other elements to be freely edited.

Element-Level Permissions

The editableBy system provides per-element access control within the Designer. Each element can optionally specify who is permitted to edit it using a flexible prefixed format.

Permission types

• User (user:{userId}) — Lock to a specific user account
• Role (role:{roleName}) — Lock to anyone with a given role (e.g. role:Designer, role:TenantAdmin)
• Group (group:{groupId}) — Lock to anyone in a specific visibility group (e.g. only the Marketing group can edit a zone)

These can be combined freely. For example, an element with ["user:abc", "role:Operator"] is editable by user abc and anyone with the Operator role.

How it works

• No restriction (default): When editableBy is empty or undefined, any user with Designer access can edit the element.
• Restricted: When editableBy contains one or more entries, only users matching at least one entry can move, resize, or modify the element’s properties.
• Visual indicators: Locked elements show a red lock icon on the canvas. The sidebar displays a “locked” message when a restricted element is selected by a non-permitted user.

Setting element permissions

1. Select an element in the Designer
2. Open the Access section in the sidebar (requires the ELEMENT_PERMISSIONS entitlement)
3. Click Lock to me to restrict editing to your user account
4. Use Add role… to restrict editing to users with a specific role
5. Use Remove to remove individual entries, or Clear restrictions to make the element editable by everyone again

Each entry displays a colour-coded type badge (User, Role, or Group) for easy identification.

Activity Feed

The activity feed (accessible from the sidebar) shows recent actions across your tenant:

• Scene published
• Content edited
• Data source updated
• Device status changes
• User logins

Filter by user, content type, or date range to find specific activities.