In some cases we might come across the fact that we may not want to give the users permission to view one or multiple columns in a grid view.
Here's a quick way of doing this :
1: Open the grid view.
2: Click on the Column you want to restrict the access to.
3 On the Stream Attribute Configuration Panel go to Stream Attribute Details and click on the "Name"
4. In the Stream Attribute Panel go to "Access Permissions".
5. In the "Access Permissions" Panel un-tick "All Users Can View Data".
6. In the newly expanded panel click on the "Show the list of User Groups" icon and select the Group or Groups you want or don't want to be able to see that column or columns.
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This page is for PhixFlow administrators, modellers or developers who need to restrict access to specific columns of data in grid views. Insert excerpt _admin_user_topic _admin_user_topic nopanel true
Overview
In some cases you may not want all users to view sensitive data that appears in the columns of a grid view. You can prevent such columns (attributes) from being visible to all users and optionally configure access for specific user groups.
Stage 1 Open the attribute properties
There are several ways to open the attribute properties.
Option 1 From an analysis model
- In an analyis model, Hover over a table icon.
- In the popup toolbar, click
. PhixFlow displays the list of attributes for the table.Insert excerpt _attributes _attributes nopanel true - Double-click an attribute name to open its properties.
Option 2 From the table properties
- Open the properties for the table.
- Expand the Attributes section.
- Double-click an attribute name to open its properties.
Stage 2 Restrict access to the attribute
- In the attribute properties, switch to the
Insert excerpt _property_tabs _property_tabs name security nopanel true - Expand Access Permissions.
- Untick All Users Can View Data. PhixFlow displays a grid to which you can add user groups.
To add a user group to the list:
- Click
(see the icon in the green circle in the screenshot below). PhixFlow opens a list of all the user groups in the repository.Insert excerpt _user_group _user_group nopanel true 
- Drag a user group into the Access Permissions list.
- Click
Only users who belong to the user groups listed in the Access Permissions will be able to see this attribute as a column in a grid view.