Create a forum permission

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title: Create a forum permission
description: Add a forum user and a permission to a forum to create a forum permission.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/customer-service-management/communities/create-forum-permission.html
release: australia
product: Communities
classification: communities
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Forum and user permissions management, Configuring communities, Communities, Customer Service Management]
---

# Create a forum permission

Add a forum user and a permission to a forum to create a forum permission.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_communities.forum\_admin

**Important:**

Starting with the Brazil release, Communities is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer installed on new instances but will continue to be supported. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

## About this task

Forum permissions are a combination of a forum, forum users, and permissions. Associate forum users and permissions within a specific forum. You can add multiple combinations of forum users and permissions to a forum.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Community** > **Administration** > **Forums**.

2.  Click a forum.

3.  In the **Forum Permissions** related list, click **New**.

4.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Forum|Name of the forum.|
    |Forum Users|User or group of users to give access to the forum.|
    |Permission|Permission to give to the forum users in the forum.|

5.  Click **Submit**.


-   **[Copy permissions from a parent forum](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/communities/copy-permissions-from-parent-forum.md)**  
You can copy permissions from a parent forum to a child forum.
-   **[Copy permissions from a forum](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/communities/copy-permissions-from-another-forum.md)**  
You can copy all permissions and content types from one forum to another.
-   **[Debug user permissions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/communities/debug-user-permissions.md)**  
Investigate and diagnose problems with user access to forums.

**Parent Topic:**[Forum and user permissions management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/communities/communities-permissions.md)