---
title: Creator Mode
description: Embed the full Cube application so users can build and modify their own dashboards.
---

<Info>
  Creator Mode is available on the [Enterprise plan](https://cube.dev/pricing).
</Info>

Creator Mode embeds the full Cube application instead of an individual dashboard or chat. Users can create and modify workbooks, dashboards, and reports inside the iframe.

To enable it, pass `creatorMode: true` to the [Generate Session API][ref-generate-session].

<Note>
  Creator Mode requires [Signed embedding](/embedding/iframe/auth/signed). Private embedding is not supported.
</Note>

## Dashboard header controls

When a user opens a dashboard inside Creator Mode, its header renders the
same as in a standalone dashboard embed. To hide any of its controls (title,
back button, Edit, Duplicate) for your embed, see
[Show or hide header controls](/embedding/iframe/dashboards#show-or-hide-header-controls).

## Embed tenant scoping

In Creator Mode, content (workbooks, dashboards) and the groups/user attributes referenced by the session are scoped to an **embed tenant**. Pass `embedTenantName` to isolate content per customer; omit it to use the current tenant.

`embedTenantName` must be lowercase, 5–36 chars, start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and contain only `a-z`, `0-9`, or `-`.

## Provisioning groups and user attributes

In Creator Mode, `groups` and `userAttributes` resolve against the embed tenant's scoped catalog (separate from the tenant-wide one used by read-only embedding). To define those entries from your backend in the same call, pass `groupDefinitions` and `userAttributeDefinitions` — they are idempotent and validated before memberships and values are applied.

See [Generate Session → Creator mode bootstrap][ref-bootstrap] for the input shape, value types, and the immutable-`type` rule on attribute definitions.

## Default dashboards

You can pre-populate every embed user's workspace with ready-made content so they see useful dashboards the first time they open the embedded app, instead of an empty workspace. This is a good way to ship templates or starter explorations that your users can open.

Default dashboards are shared from your **main workspace** with the **All embed users** (`all_embed_users`) group — a system group that Cube creates automatically once Creator Mode is enabled. Sharing is read-only: embed users can open and explore the shared content but can't edit it.

To set up default dashboards:

1. Build the workbooks, dashboards, folders, and explorations you want everyone to see in your main workspace.
2. Open the share dialog for a workbook, exploration, or folder and share it with **All embed users**. The only available access level is **Can view**.
3. Embed users in Creator Mode now see the shared items at the root of their workspace as soon as they open the app.

<Note>
  **All embed users** is a system group: it can't be renamed or deleted, and it can only be granted read-only (**Can view**) access. It appears automatically in **Admin → User Groups** and in the share dialog once Creator Mode is enabled for your workspace.
</Note>

Keep the following behavior in mind:

- **Sharing a folder** shares everything inside it — all nested folders, workbooks, and explorations become available to embed users.
- **Sharing a single workbook or exploration** exposes that item plus the folders above it (so users can navigate to it), but not the other contents of those folders.
- All embed users see the **same** default dashboards, regardless of their [groups](/admin/users-and-permissions/user-groups) or user attributes. The shared set applies across every embed tenant that belongs to your account.
- Embed users can't edit content shared from the main workspace. Opening a shared workbook shows its published dashboard, so a workbook must have a published dashboard for users to open it.
- Removing the share from the **All embed users** group removes those items from embed users' workspaces immediately.

## Sharing workbooks, explorations, dashboards, and folders

Embed users in Creator Mode can share the workbooks, explorations, dashboards, and folders they build with other users, the same way they would in the full Cube app. Sharing a folder shares everything inside it, and follows the same access levels — **Full access**, **Can edit**, **Can view** — as sharing a workbook.

<Note>
  Sharing is scoped to the [embed tenant](#embed-tenant-scoping): users can only share with others in the same tenant, never across tenants.
</Note>

## Folders and workbook actions

Embed users in Creator Mode can create, rename, and delete folders in their own workspace — gated by the same permissions as the full Cube app, and disabled inside a folder shared in from the main workspace. Opening a workbook's actions menu from its header (click the workbook name, or its chevron) offers **Rename**, **Duplicate**, and **Delete**, permission-gated the same way as the full app, plus **View all** and **New workbook** for navigating between workbooks.

## Example

```javascript
const session = await fetch(
  "https://your-account.cubecloud.dev/api/v1/embed/generate-session",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      Authorization: `Api-Key ${API_KEY}`,
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      deploymentId: 32,
      externalId: "user@example.com",
      embedTenantName: "acme-corp",
      creatorMode: true,
    }),
  },
);

const { sessionId } = await session.json();
```

Embed the app with the returned session ID:

```html
<iframe
  title="Cube App"
  src="https://your-tenant.cubecloud.dev/embed/d/{deploymentId}/app?session={sessionId}"
  width="100%"
  height="800"
></iframe>
```

For a complete working example, see the [cube-embedding-demo](https://github.com/cubedevinc/cube-embedding-demo) repository.

[ref-generate-session]: /reference/embed-apis/generate-session
[ref-bootstrap]: /reference/embed-apis/generate-session#creator-mode-bootstrapping-groups-and-user-attributes
