This page is for PhixFlow administrators who need to assign privileges to roles. It describes the privilege settings. For related information, see the User Administration topic.

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 User Administration topic.

For information about the properties toolbar, and about the sections Parent Details, Analysis Models, Description and Audit Summary, see Common Properties. For a full list of all the PhixFlow property tabs and windows, see Property Tabs.

Sections on this page

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. 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 scroll down to the Privileges section and expand it.

You may see privilege icons with different colours:

yellow Privileges indicates actions that require this privilege will not be audited.
red Privilege indicates actions that require this privilege will be audited.

See Privileges#Managing Audits, below, for details.

You cannot add or remove privileges. You can make changes to 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 property tab.

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

Roles

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons and Roles.

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

Click Roles to list all the roles in the repository.
Drag roles into this list to add the privilege to the role.

To remove roles from the privilege, use the Permanently Delete in the toolbar.

Managing Audits

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

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