hierarchical “master folders” (parent rooms) + subfolder-level permissions in ONLYOFFICE DocSpace
We need a clean “start page” structure with a few top-level areas (e.g., Teams, Team Leaders, HR). Inside the “Teams” area, we need to create subfolders for each team and assign different access permissions per subfolder (groups and/or individual users), for example:
Teams (visible to all team members)
Team A (only Team A members)
Team B (only Team B members)
Employees (team-specific employee folders)
Team Leaders (only team leaders, or selected leaders)
Current limitation (from our perspective)
DocSpace permissions are primarily managed at the room level, which forces us to create many separate rooms to achieve this structure. This makes navigation and administration more complex, especially when we have many teams.
Proposed improvement (either of the options below would solve the problem)
Option A – “Parent rooms / master folders”
Allow a hierarchical room structure where rooms can be grouped under a parent “master” room (collapsible navigation).
Keep permissions at the room level, but improve organization and reduce clutter on the main Rooms page.