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# Manage Ideas
### Overview
The Ideas module enables users to share ideas and start campaigns to improve processes, solve customer problems, and more. This guide provides detailed instructions on configuring the **Manage Ideas** tab within the admin portal.
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### Manage Ideas
#### Assigning Idea Administrators
Network admins can designate users as **Idea Administrators** to moderate the idea management process.
To assign this role:
1. Navigate to the **Manage Ideas** tab in the admin portal.
2. Click the **Click here** button to redirect to the **Admin Roles** page.
3. Add users as Idea Administrators.
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#### **Idea Module Access**
**Network Users:**
* Cannot create new idea campaigns or see the "Create a Campaign" button.
* Can access existing idea campaigns.
* Can Post an Idea
**Domain Admins and Idea Managers/Admins Team:**
* Have full permissions to create, edit, and manage idea campaigns.
* Will see the "Create a Campaign" button in the Idea Module and in teams they have access to.
* Can Post an Idea
**Team Admins:**
* Cannot create or edit idea campaigns but can access existing campaigns.
* Can Post an Idea
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#### Restriction on Campaign Creation
**Domain Admins** and members of the **Idea Managers/Admins Team** (an auto-created team upon domain creation) are the only users who can create idea campaigns.
Network users, team admins, and guest users **cannot** create, edit, or delete idea campaigns.
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### Idea Life Cycle Management
#### Ideas Under Consideration
MangoApps automatically assigns the first enabled status from the list when a new idea is submitted.
* **Status List:**
* Displays all statuses for ideas under consideration.
* **Enable/Disable:** Use the checkbox to enable or disable a status. Disabled statuses do not appear on the User Portal.
* **Actions:**
* **Edit:** Click the **Edit** option to modify the status.
* **Remove:** Click the **Remove** option to delete a status.
* **+ Add New Status:** Add a new status to the list.
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At least **one** status must always remain enabled.
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#### Ideas Deferred
Manage the statuses for ideas that are deferred, on hold, or temporarily suspended:
* **Edit/Remove:** Modify or delete existing statuses.
* **+ Add New Status:** Add new statuses as needed.
* At least one status must always remain enabled.
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#### Ideas Implemented
Manage the statuses for ideas that have been fully or partially implemented:
* When an idea is assigned a status from this list, it is automatically closed for user voting (Yes/No) on the User Portal.
* **Edit/Remove:** Modify or delete existing statuses.
* **+ Add New Status:** Add new statuses as needed.
* At least one status must always remain enabled.
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Only network admins can add, edit, or remove statuses. Statuses currently in use **cannot** be deleted.
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### Adding a New Status
Follow these steps to add a new status:
1. Click the **+ Add New Status** link under the appropriate section (**Ideas Under Consideration**, **Ideas Deferred**, or **Ideas Implemented**).
2. Enter a name for the new status. For example, "Suspended Temporarily."
3. Click the **Add** button to save the new status.
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#### Editing a Status
To modify an existing status:
1. Click the **Edit** option next to the status.
2. Update the status name as needed.
3. Click the **Save** button to apply changes.
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### Additional Administrator Controls
#### Restriction on Campaign Creation
With enhanced control features:
* **Domain Admins** and members of the **Idea Managers/Admins Team** (an auto-created team upon domain creation) are the only users who can create idea campaigns.
* Network users, team admins, and guest users cannot create, edit, or delete idea campaigns.
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#### To see how these configurations impact the Ideas on the User Portal, see [Ideas & Campaigns](https://guides.mangoapps.com/user-guide/ideas-and-campaigns) in the User Portal Guide.
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