User Type = what the licence allows for
User Role = what the user can actually do, within the user type
Group = what the group users can access
To provide access you should:
- Provide user a User Type that allows editing e.g. Contributor or above
- Assign a User Role with editing privileges (this may be custom, but can't be higher privileges than user type)
- Create a group and add user to it
- Create a map, add layers with editing enabled, create an app, and share it to the group
User will then have a licence, privileges and access to the content.
Some care is required as you should use the groups to control access, not the role, i.e. don't give a Viewer access to editable content, in case you eventually change their role and give them undesired editing access to content.
