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This page is for PhixFlow administrators who need to assign privileges to roles. It describes the privilege settings. 

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Overview

PhixFlow has many privileges, each representing a specific tasks that a PhixFlow user can do. For example to create and change a stream object a user needs the privileges Create Streams and Modify Streams.

Privileges are assigned to, for example, Designer, User, Administrator. Then roles and user groups are linked. For more information about how users, user groups, roles and privileges are connected, see pages in the PhixFlow User Administration topic.

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User Groups

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The grid contains a list of user groups assigned to this role. To add a user group to the list:

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  • Drag user groups into this list to add them to the role. 
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    Types of Privilege

    Privileges apply to modelling objects, application components and administration items, such as users. Privileges have the following types:

    • View: you can see the item throughout PhixFlow

    • List: you can see the item in the repository browser. You must also have the view privilege.

    • Create: you can create a new item.

    • Modify: you can change an existing item

    • Delete: you can delete an item.

    Finding Privileges

    To find privileges, in the repository browser scroll down to the 

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     section and expand it.

    You may see privilege icons with different colours:

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       indicates actions that require this privilege will not be audited.
    • red 
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       indicates actions that require this privilege will be audited.

    See Managing Audits, below, for details.

    You cannot add or remove privileges. You can make changes to the settings for a privilege, for example to add roles or to change the Audit this Action option. To change a privilege, double-click on the name to open its settings its property tab.

    The Privileges

    Settings

    Property Tab

    Basic Settings

    Field

    Description

    Name

    The name of the privilege, for example Delete Menus.

    Object

    The object or component that this privilege applies to for example Menu.

    Action

    The type of privilege, for example Delete.

    Audit This Action

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     to include actions that require this privilege in the audit summary.

    Roles

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    The grid contains a list of roles that have this privilege. To add a role to the list:

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       to list all the roles in the repository browser.
    2. Drag roles into this list to add the privilege to the role.

    To remove roles from the privilege, use the

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     in the toolbar.

    Managing Audits

    If you want to change the Audit This Action option for several privileges, use the detailed list.

    1. In the repository browser scroll down to the 
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       section.
    2. Right-click
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       and select 
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      . PhixFlow opens full list of the privileges with an Audit This Action check box for each.
    3. Click the check boxes to change whether or not audit is selected.