Overview
Every document has a visibility level that controls who can open it on the mesh and in drawers. You change visibility when you need to keep a file private, share with a squad, or expose it to a team or the whole workspace.
Visibility levels
Workspace owners and people with company-wide document access can read across levels for oversight — those reads are audited.
Moving between levels
- You can move your own documents among Personal, Open space, and Team when your role allows
- Moving to Workspace or attaching to a Squad may need approval from an admin or squad owner
- Workspace admins can adjust visibility directly when policy allows
Squads and shared files
When a file belongs to a Squad, every squad member sees it on the mesh and in the Squad panel. The squad’s working document is created at squad scope automatically.
Detaching a file from a squad returns it to personal visibility for the original owner unless you choose another level.
Direct sharing with specific people
Sometimes one or two colleagues need access without changing the whole visibility level. You can grant view or edit access to named users on a document. See Sharing documents.
Documents are not shared via public links or expiring passwords. Access is always through your Tess workspace membership, squad membership, or an explicit grant.
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