Beam has two distinct roles for users: Admin and Member/Staff ("Participants").
Roles determine which aspects of the app are visible and/or able to be altered. The table below outlines the default permissions given to each role.
Feature | Admin | Participants | |
|---|---|---|---|
Member | Staff | ||
Song View | |||
View any song part |  | | |
Annotate on the personal layer | | | |
Create and save Custom Tools | | | |
Show or hide annotation layers | | | |
Join a Live Mode session | | | |
Use a stylus for annotations | | | |
Create a Live Mode session | |  | |
Facilitate a Live Mode session | | | |
Enable Screen Saver Mode | | | |
Create and annotate on shared layers | | | |
Annotate on parts | | | |
Annotate on participant personal layers | | | |
Song Management | |||
Import sheet music to the Music Library | | | |
Access the Beam Public Library | | | |
Create collections | | | |
Create setlists | | | |
Assign songs, collections, and setlist | | | |
Settings | |||
Change personal account information | | | |
Change any participant's account information | | | |
Change personal profile information | | | |
Change any participant's profile information | | | |
View and change license distribution | | | |
View and share join codes | | | |
Create and edit Groups | | | |
Create and edit Subgroups | | | |
Customize required profile information | | | |
View participant profiles | | | |
Permissions can be altered by administrators in 
Settings by creating Smart Access Sets.