4 different user types

[Bejoy_Narayana]

Hello Discourse community- We have 4 different types of users. We want to keep their discussions separate. I suppose most organizations have that need. For example you don’t want customers to see postings in the community meant for employees. What is the best way to do this? Can categories and tags be used for that? Or do we have to create separate communities for each? Thanks for your help.

[Moin]

Is that what you are looking for?

How to create private categories using category permission / security settings

This video explains how you can use group permissions to create private categories (or private “forums”). Scroll down for written instructions. [How to create a group and add permissions to a category] The Security tab on the category edit page is used to control both the visibility of categories and what users can do in a category. This is done by defining an access list of groups that associate a group name with an access level. The default permission for a new category is that t…

[Bejoy_Narayana]

Thanks Moin . This is exactly what we were looking for.