Managing Permissions
Access Management
Permissions are available in JPAC to manage which users have access to view/edit/manage different resources. The Access article provides a summary of what permissions are available and what they allow Users to do.
Setting up permissions:
- Default permissions allow you to set up permissions that you would like Groups or Users to always have. This can save you a lot of time, as the permission will be applied automatically each time you create a new resource. Follow the link to see how to set up default permissions.
- Setting a permission on a particular resource can be done when you want to add a permission that doesn't need to be 'default'. To do this:
- Navigate to the resource that you'd like to set the permission on, then use the add icon in the permissions tab to add a new permission.
- Select whether you'd like to set the permission on a User or Group
- Select the Group or User you'd like to give access to.
- Select the permission/s you'd like them to have. Note: The 'Read' permission will always need to be selected for any permission to be valid.
- You can use the Advanced tab to add notes to the permission, or set effective and/or expiry dates.
Block permission: The block permission allows you to hide a particular resource from a Group or User that may have access to the other resources of that particular type. To set up a block permission you need to add a permission without selecting any of the permissions listed. This will then prevent the User/Group from seeing/interacting with this particular resource, even if they have a default permission on the type of resource.
Maintaining permissions:
Permissions can be edited or removed using the edit and bin icons located in the Permission tab within any resource.
They can also be edited/removed from the individual Group page. Permissions set to a User can also be managed from their individual page, but permissions inherited from a Group cannot be changed from here.
