This page is for PhixFlow administrators who want to manage user groups. 

PhixFlow Default User Groups

PhixFlow has 6 user groups enabled by default. Each user group has its own role, which defines the privileges for the group. We recommend that you do not change the default roles, although users who belong to the Administrator group have permissions to update them if required.

We recommend that you create an App-User and App-Admin user group and associated role for PhixFlow. In the role you can configure the privileges related to using and managing applications. - Do we say this in the installation guide? Should his be a role?

From version 9.0 onward, when a new application is created, PhixFlow automatically creates 2 user groups that belong to the application. The application creator is added to the user groups. Use these groups to configure the roles and privileges required to use and manage the completed application. If you have configured the App-User and App-Admin user groups and roles at the system level, you can simply refer to these groups and roles. -How? Would that not negate the need for the groups PhixFlow creates? How do we set the permissions per app if we use a centralised user group? Otherwisethem in the application user groups. Otherwise, you have to set the privileges separately for each application; see Controlling User Access to Applications.

The user groups are :

*appname is the application's name.

Adding or Changing a User Group

To configure PhixFlow to have a different set of permissions, create:

• a new user group and define the PhixFlow components that users can access.
• a new role that specifies the privileges.

To see the list of existing user groups, in the repository Full Repository, scroll down to

To edit change a user group, double-click on the name . - We say edit here and changing in the title of this sectionand edit the properties.

To create add a new user group, right click 

Roles and Privileges

The privileges that members of a user group have is controlled by their role. - Their role or the roles within the group? To find out what privileges a user group has, in the user group property tabproperties → Role section, double-click on the a role. PhixFlow opens the role property tab properties where the Privileges section lists all the privileges. For example, the Modeller privilege includes List Database Exporters, Modify Database Exporters and View Database Exporters.

User groups can have multiple roles. For example you may want a group of users who can both create models and add filters to views on the models. In this case you could add the two roles Designers and SuperUsers. 

Restricting Access to Modelling Objects

By default, PhixFlow is set up to allow all users with the relevant privileges to access all modelling objects, such as streamstables, stream views, dashboardsscreens, filters etc. Is this restricted by access to the application and or Package?  However, you may need to restrict access to only some objectsitems, for example to provide access to specific dashboards screens related to a project. To do this:

1. In the objectitem's property tab properties → Access Permissions section, untick the All Users can View Data check box. - Not sure what the Object Property tab is?
2. Either, in the objectthe item's property tab properties → User Group section, drag in the user group.
   or, in the user group property tabproperties, expand the section related to the type of object and drag it into the user group.

Now only users of the specified group can use the modelling object. 

Access Permissions

You can limit which users can add or remove members from a user group. Tick the Access Permissions → Restrict who can manage members of this user group check box. PhixFlow adds a grid where you can drag in other user groups. See User Group > Access Permissions for details.