{"id":455,"date":"2014-12-15T06:59:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T06:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/collaboriscom.wpengine.com\/?p=455"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:32:34","slug":"why-are-the-audience-fields-grayed-out-or-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/why-are-the-audience-fields-grayed-out-or-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are the audience fields grayed out or disabled?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have activated DocRead against a SharePoint document library and you are unable to assign audiences to a document because they are disabled then this article explains how to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Only people with\u00a0DocRead publishing rights are allowed to change or add information to this field.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the reason the audience fields are disabled is because you aren&#8217;t in the group as specified in the &#8216;DocRead Publishers&#8217; Group.<\/p>\n<p>To solve this follow these steps :<\/p>\n<p>Firstly you need to identify the group of people who have been identified as DocRead Publishers:<\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate the &#8216;DocRead Site Settings&#8217; screen (in the site that contains your document library).<\/p>\n<p>2. Locate the &#8216;DocRead Publishers&#8217; Group and make a note of the group that is selected. (You many also change the group to one that you are a member of).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/244-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-456 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/244-1.png\" alt=\"244-1\" width=\"1029\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/244-1.png 1029w, https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/244-1-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/244-1-1024x405.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you know which group has the permission, you can then add yourself to it.<\/p>\n<p>3. 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