How to get space permissions of all spaces for specific user groups
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Summary
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Database query to get details about space permissions of all the spaces in Confluence for a specific set of user groups.
Solution
Always back up your data before making any database modifications. If possible, test any alter, insert, update, or delete SQL commands on a staging server first.
Note
These database queries are tested on PostgreSQL Database
Below are all possible space permissions which can be given for space, to a user/users or to a group/groups
The types of space permissions for spaces
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SETSPACEPERMISSIONS
EXPORTSPACE
VIEWSPACE
SETPAGEPERMISSIONS
REMOVEBLOG
REMOVEPAGE
EDITSPACE
CREATEATTACHMENT
REMOVEOWNCONTENT
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REMOVECOMMENT
EDITBLOG
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REMOVEATTACHMENTWhen you have to check space permissions of all the spaces in confluence for a specific set of user groups
You need to replace '<group1>', '<group2>' with the groups from your environment, in the below query:Database query to check permissions for both groups for all spaces
PostgreSQL
1 2 3 4 5SELECT distinct sp.permtype FROM SPACEPERMISSIONS sp JOIN SPACES s ON sp.spaceid = s.spaceid LEFT JOIN user_mapping um ON sp.permusername = um.user_key WHERE sp.permgroupname IN ('<group1>', '<group2>');
When you have to check space permissions of one space for two groups
You need to replace '<group1>', '<group2>' with the groups from your environment and the '<spacename>' as per your requirement, in the below query:Database query to check space permissions of one space for two groups
PostgreSQL
1 2 3 4 5 6SELECT sp.permid, sp.permtype, s.spacekey, s.spacename, sp.permgroupname FROM SPACEPERMISSIONS sp JOIN SPACES s ON sp.spaceid = s.spaceid LEFT JOIN user_mapping um ON sp.permusername = um.user_key WHERE s.spacename = '<spacename>' and sp.permgroupname IN ('<group1>', '<group2>');
When you have to check the space permissions of all the personal spaces for groups , this query will check permissions for personal spaces only.
You need to replace '<group1>', '<group2>' with the groups from your environment, in the below query:Database query to check the permissions for ALL of the personal space for groups - "'<group1>', '<group2>'"
PostgreSQL
1 2 3SELECT * FROM SPACEPERMISSIONS AS SP ,SPACES AS S WHERE SP.SPACEID=S.SPACEID AND S.SPACETYPE='personal' AND SP.PERMGROUPNAME IS NOT NULL AND SP.PERMGROUPNAME IN ('<group1>', '<group2>');
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