Can I give Power Users permission to create categories?

Yes, you can give power user the ability to add categories in course management or to create categories through the admin menus. 

Hi ​@NateC ,

Technically, yes—you can give Power Users the ability to create categories. This is managed in the Admin Menu > Power Users > Profiles. If you edit their specific profile, you can grant them the Course Management > Manage categories permission, which allows them to create and manage sub-categories within the specific parent categories they are assigned to.

However, before you enable this, what is the specific use case or goal you are trying to achieve?

In organizations I've worked with, the pattern that holds up best is keeping Category creation strictly in the hands of Superadmins. Here's why: the Category tree in Docebo is the structural backbone of your platform. It dictates reporting structures, automated enrollment rules, and catalog visibility.

When Power Users are allowed to create their own categories, it almost always leads to a fragmented taxonomy (duplicates, typos, inconsistent naming) which eventually breaks automation and creates a massive administrative headache to clean up later.

If your Power Users simply need a way to group content visually for their specific learners, a much safer approach is having Superadmins build the baseline category structure, and instead empowering PUs to curate Catalogs or Channels for frontend organization.

You can verify the exact breakdown of PU permissions here: Managing Power User Profiles – Docebo Help Center

Let us know what your Power Users are trying to accomplish—there might be a cleaner way to get them what they need without risking your platform's backend structure!