Member & Plan System (Technical Specification)

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This document defines the technical specifications for permission control based on the combination of Plan and Type in R.Design’s member management system.

Plan × Type Overview (Reference)

Overview of target users for each combination.

Universal Features

The following features are enabled for ALL users (including Free Plan) regardless of their plan or type.

• Presentation Mode / Editor Mode
• Items Catalogs
• Materials Catalogs
• Import Items
• Import Levels
  • Note: While importing levels is allowed, saving rooms containing imported content is subject to the “Room Save Slots” limit of each plan.

Permissions & Features Detailed Matrix (Differences Only)

The following matrix lists only the features and limits that differ by Plan and Type.

Key Permission Patterns

1. Asset Access Permissions

Production Asset Only

• Access only to quality-assured assets released to general users
• Assets under development or test assets are not displayed

Dev/Production Asset Selection

• A mechanism that allows selecting assets to load from the Production asset table or various Development asset tables (which have multiple versions) at application startup.
• Primarily for internal developers and third-party modelers

Debug My Catalog

• Access to debug items and products
• Only viewable by users with member_type of debug or development
• Accessible only via ItemAPI (not included in catalog ZIP files)

2. Editor Mode Feature Restrictions (Free Plan)

The following restrictions apply to Free + General type users:

3. Sharing Permission Constraints

Free User Constraints

• Free users cannot be granted “Admin” permission to other rooms
• Grantable permissions:
  • ✅ Editor
  • ✅ Viewer
  • ❌ Admin

Actions by Permission Level

Database Specifications

member Table

member_type Field

Data type: picklist (selection list)

Valid values:

• general - General user (default)
• debug - Debug user (can view debug items)
• evaluation - Evaluation user (full feature access)
• development - Development user (development environment access)
• admin - Administrator (can change other members’ types)
• approver - Approver (Pro for Brand exclusive)

Debug Member Determination Logic

// Determine if a member is a debug member
const isDebugMember = (member) => {
  return member.member_type === 'debug' || member.member_type === 'development';
};

room_design Table

debug Field

Data type: boolean

• true: Debug room design (viewable only by debug members)
• false or null: Normal room design

ItemAPI and Debug Items

Implementation Background

Debug user mode was implemented in ItemAPI in October 2019.

Important specifications:

• Debug items are viewable only by users with debug and development types
• Not included in catalog ZIP files
• ItemAPI must be used for these users

Reference: Slack Message at Implementation (October 8, 2019)

and we have released debug user mode for ItemAPI. there are some debug Items. only debug and development users are able to see such Items and products. so please use ItemAPI instead of catalog zip file for such member_type users.

Implementation History

Addition of member_type Field (October 15, 2018)

The initial implementation defined three values: general, debug, and evaluation. Later, development was added.

Reference: Slack Conversation (June 2019)

Summary by Ken (developer):

• If the member_type column in the member table is debug or development, that member is a debug member
• If the debug column in the room_design table is true, that room design is a debug room design
• Non-debug members cannot view debug room designs
• No front-end page exists; must be confirmed directly in the database

Related Documents

Sales & Customer-Facing

• Plan Comparison (Sales) - Simplified version for sales representatives
• Service List & Feature Comparison - Plan explanation for customers

Public Documentation

• Plans and Feature Restrictions - Public information for end users

Update History

• December 27, 2025: Initial version created (migrated from plan-member-type.md)