Dashboard and Folder permissions: Update docs to reflect reality (#52730)

* Folder permissions: Update docs to reflect reality
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## Dashboard permissions ## Dashboard permissions
When you want to extend a viewer's ability to edit and save dashboard changes or limit an editor's permission to modify a dashboard, you can assign permissions to dashboards and dashboard folders. For example, you might want a certain viewer to be able to to edit a dashboard. While that user can _see_ all dashboards, you can grant them access to _update_ only one of them. When you want to extend a viewer's ability to edit and save dashboard changes or limit an editor's permission to modify a dashboard, you can assign permissions to dashboards and dashboard folders. For example, you might want a certain viewer to be able to edit a dashboard. While that user can _see_ all dashboards, you can grant them access to _update_ only one of them.
> Important: The dashboard permissions you specify override the organization permissions you assign to the user for the selected entity. > Important: The dashboard permissions you specify override the organization permissions you assign to the user for the selected entity.
You can specify the following permissions to dashboards and folders. You can specify the following permissions to dashboards and folders.
- **Admin**: Can create, edit, or delete a dashboard or folder. Administrators can also change dashboard and folder permissions. - **Admin**: Can create, edit, or delete a dashboard. Can edit or delete a folder. Administrators can also change dashboard and folder permissions.
- **Edit**: Can create and edit dashboards. Editors _cannot_ change folder or dashboard permissions, or add, edit, or delete folders. - **Edit**: Can create, edit, or delete a dashboard. Can edit or delete a folder. Editors _cannot_ change folder or dashboard permissions.
- **View**: Can only view dashboards and folders. - **View**: Can only view dashboards and folders.
> Important: When a user creates a dashboard or a folder, he is set as **Admin** of it.
For more information about assigning dashboard folder permissions, refer to [Grant dashboard folder permissions]({{< relref "../user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/#grant-dashboard-folder-permissions" >}}). For more information about assigning dashboard folder permissions, refer to [Grant dashboard folder permissions]({{< relref "../user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/#grant-dashboard-folder-permissions" >}}).
For more information about assigning dashboard permissions, refer to [Grant dashboard permissions]({{< relref "../user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/#grant-dashboard-permissions" >}}). For more information about assigning dashboard permissions, refer to [Grant dashboard permissions]({{< relref "../user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/#grant-dashboard-permissions" >}}).