# Permissions and access

Start from what you are seeing rather than from what you think is broken. Each page below names the symptom, explains why it happens, and says what to do about it.

Several of these are the product working as designed, which is worth knowing before anybody raises a ticket.

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## At a glance

| **Symptom**                                                                                          | **Usually because**                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Field shows "An Advanced licence or Forms feature is required for this input type" instead of the co | The site is on Standard (and the confluence.forms flag is off), and this is a standalone Input macro set to an Advanced type. The gate replaces the entire control including the stored value. |
| Users can see the names of forms on pages they cannot open                                           | The All forms list is not permission-filtered - it returns the whole site registry to any signed-in user who can open the Forms page. The rows underneath (pages and answers) ARE permission-f |
| Reader sees the form but cannot type in it                                                           | One of: they lack page edit permission; they are anonymous (they additionally see "Sign in to fill this in"); or they are looking at a version-history or diff view, which is always read-only |
| Form on a published Capable Site cannot be filled in                                                 | By design. A published site renders both macros as read-only disabled controls with no Save button, and user, space and page fields degrade to "This <type> field isn't available on published |

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## In this section

[Field shows "An Advanced licence or Forms feature is required for this input type"A field shows "An Advanced licence or Forms feature is required for this input type" instead of the control - and its saved answer has vanished too.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/field-shows-an-advanced-licence-or-forms-feature-is-required-for-this-input-type.html)[Users can see the names of forms on pages they cannot openUsers can see the names of forms on pages they cannot open.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/users-can-see-the-names-of-forms-on-pages-they-cannot-open.html)[Reader sees the form but cannot type in itA reader sees the form but cannot type in it.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/reader-sees-the-form-but-cannot-type-in-it.html)[Form on a published Capable Site cannot be filled inA form on a published Capable Site cannot be filled in.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/form-on-a-published-capable-site-cannot-be-filled-in.html)

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## Related

[TroubleshootingEvery symptom.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/troubleshooting.html)

[ReferenceLimits and gaps.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/reference.html)

[How it worksThe behaviour.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/how-it-works.html)

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_Most of these are expected behaviour._