Property Permissions

About Property Permissions

You can add or modify permissions of the selected class property in the Property Permissions window. The topics covered in this section are:

Assigning Property Permissions

This task explains how to assign property permissions:

  1. In the Administration pad, expand the Permission Admin option. Click the Property Permissions option.

    The Property Permissions: Select Class window appears.

  2. Expand classes until you locate the class for which you want to assign property permissions. Select the desired class and click Next. The Selected Properties page appears, displaying the properties in that class.



  3. Check the box beside the objects for which you want to assign permissions and click Next.

  4. In the Object Permissions: Select Users/User Groups page, select the user group to which to assign property permissions. To assign permissions to certain users of that group, click Show Users. The users associated with that group appear in the Users of Selected Group section.



    Select the user groups and users to which you want to assign object permissions and move them into the Selected User Groups and Selected Users section using the Single Right Arrow button. Click Next.

  5. In the Property Permissions: Grant Property Permissions page you can Deny, Grant, or let the user or user group Inherit Ownership permissions for the selected properties.

  6. Set the desired permissions and click Finish. Verify in the message box that you want to set the permissions.

Modifying Existing Property Permissions

When working with existing property permissions, you can do the following:

  • modify the permissions for users and user groups that already have property permissions

  • add users or user groups that do not currently have property permissions

This task explains how to modify existing property permissions:

  1. In the Administration pad, expand the Permission Admin option. Click the Property Permissions option.

    The Property Permissions: Select Class window appears.

  2. Expand classes until you locate the class for which you want to modify property permissions. Select the desired class and click Next. The Selected Properties page appears, displaying the properties in that class.



  3. Check the box beside the properties for which you want to modify permissions and click Next.

  4. In the Property Permissions: Select Users/User Groups page, the current users/user groups that have property permissions are listed. If you want to add more users/user groups, select the appropriate users/groups and move them into the Selected User Groups or Selected Users sections using the Right Arrow button. Click Next.


     

  5. The Property Permissions: Grant Property Permissions page displays the current permissions for the users/user groups. You can change the existing permissions and set permissions for any users or groups you added in the previous step.

  6. Click Finish. Verify in the message box that you want to set the permissions.