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Content & Sharing settings allow you to enable or disable various permission types that are available to managed users when collaborating and sharing files. This article contains the following sections: The Shared Links section is where you configure shared link settings and permissions for content owned by managed users.
Note: The permission you see on the file/folder list view and the permission from within a Box Note file can be different.This is dependent on the Shared Link Permission setting**.** The Files permission type is used when on the file/folder list view. The Box Notes permission type is used within Box Note files.For example, if Files has the permission of Can view only and Box Notes has the permission of Can view and edit:
  • When on the file/folder list view, selecting Share Link for the Box Note will display Can view only. The option Can edit is not available
  • After clicking into the same Box Note, selecting Share then Get link allows the user to select Can****edit
Custom URLs enable people to customize the URLs for created shared links. This applies to content you want to be readily accessible to large groups of people (externally or internally) using a customized URL that is easy to remember. If you make this link available as people with the link, the linked folder or file is publicly accessible. Custom URLs are appropriate for public-facing materials such as product documentation or marketing materials and are not intended for the secure sharing of sensitive content.

Collaborating on Content

This section is where you select the roles/permissions you want to allow folder owners to choose from when collaborating on items and define other collaboration settings

Canvas

Box Canvas is a visual collaboration and whiteboarding tool that enables teams to collaborate visually using sticky notes, shapes, text input, image uploads, and more.

Watermarking

Watermarking places a semi-transparent overlay of the current viewer’s name and time of access across a document’s contents to deter unauthorized sharing. When your Box users choose to add a watermark to shared files, you can determine whether the watermarks on all files will be rasterized, or whether watermarks will be vector-based or rasterized, depending on the file type.

Content Creation

This section allows you to restrict certain types of content creation. Higher restrictions will provide admins greater control over the content and structure. However, users will be more restricted in creating content, which may impact the amount of collaboration.

Folder Insights

Folder Insights allow folder owners to track activity in folders they own.

Hubs

Box Hubs is a curation and publication tool that enables teams to create portals from their content in Box. This setting defines who in your organization can view, create, and share Hubs. Box enables you to enter up to 100 names or email addresses, and up to 100 groups.  If you want to enable or disable more, you’ll need to enable or disable File Request for the entire organization.
You can select only groups whose Permission Setting is Admins Only.  For details about group permissions, see Creating and managing groups.

File Request

File Request enables users to request files and metadata from anyone via a link

Relay

Relay allows users to build workflows to automate tasks and content actions within Box. If enabled, your users will be able to build automated workflows on folders they own or co-own.

Box Doc Gen

Box Doc Gen enables users to generate dynamic documents with Doc Gen APIs.

Cascading Folder Level Metadata

Cascading Folder Level Metadata enables users to cascade a metadata template and its attribute values to new or existing folder contents.  To be granted Cascade permissions via this setting, users must have permission to edit the folder-level metadata.

Auto-Expiration

This is where you define default expiration for shared links and invited collaborators.

Invited collaborators expiration settings

Trash

Enabling trash will provide each of your users their own trash folder. This is recommended so users can retrieve items they may have accidentally deleted.