Permissions Setup ¶

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Permissions Setup

What are Permissions?¶

Permissions are how you grant functionality to users in your instance of Analytics Center. These include several areas like:

Controlling what types of report parts they can create

Setting who they can share their reports with

Determining if they can access and manipulate their tenant’s data model

In a multi-tenant instance you can set permission at both the tenant and role level. In this scenario, the tenant will act like a ceiling for a role’s permissions.

If a tenant object does not have access to a particular permission, then no roles within that tenant can have access to that permission

Tenant permissions will generally be inherited down into the role permissions when you are creating new roles within that tenant

Permissions Overview ¶

A permissions object is comprised of several areas

System Configuration

Scheduled Instances

This permission determines if a tenant/role has access to a master search dialogue to audit all scheduled/subscribed instances

The search dialogue is located in the Settings > System Configuration > Scheduling tab

Data Setup:

Data Model

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to edit and interact with the data model

Note that this permission is all or nothing. There is no way to limit if they can add relationships or not, alias data sources, etc.

Custom Views

Create

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to create custom views within their data model

Edit

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to edit any existing custom views within their data model

Delete

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to delete any existing custom views within their data model

Advanced Settings

Category

This permission grants access to the Data Model > Advanced Settings > Category tab for the tenant/role

This tab is used to create, edit, or delete any data source categories used in the data model

Others

This permission grants access to the Data Model > Advanced Settings > Others tab for the tenant/role

This tab is used to set various behavior for the tenant such as sorting column names, determining common filter criteria for dashboards, etc.

User Setup:

Actions

Create

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to create new users

NOTE: Users cannot be added through the UI in an integrated instance

Edit

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to edit existing users

Delete

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to delete existing users

NOTE: Users cannot be deleted through the UI in an integrated instance

Configure Password Option

This permission grants acces for the tenant/role to set up/reset passwords for new and existing users

User Role Association

Role Setup:

Actions

Create

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to create new roles

Edit

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to edit existing roles

Delete

This permission grants access for the tenant/role to delete existing roles

Data Model Access

This permission grants the tenant/role the ability to interact with a role’s data model access on the Role Setup page

Permissions

This permission grants the tenant/role the ability to interact with a role’s permission set on the Role Setup page

Grant Role with Full Report and Dashboard Access

This permission grants the tenant/role the ability to set the ‘Full Report and Dashboard Access’ permission in the Permission tab of the Role Setup page

Reports:

Can create new report?

This permission allows a tenant/role to create new reports

Data Sources

Simple Data Sources

This setting will prevent a user from seeing and editing joins on the Data Sources tab of the report designer

NOTE: Roles with Simple Data Sources can only choose datasources with relationships between them that are defined in the data model. If a relationship does not exist between these data sources, they cannot choose those to build a report off of.

This setting will also collapse the right-hand properties panel in the designer tab

Advanced Data Sources

This setting will allow a user to edit and create joins in the Data Sources tab of the report designer

This setting will auto-expand the right-hand properties panel in the designer tab

Report Part Types

Chart

This permission will allow a user to build Chart type report parts in the report designer

Form

This permission will allow a user to build Form type report parts in the report designer

Gauge

This permission will allow a user to build Gauge type report parts in the report designer

Maps

This permission will allow a user to build Map type report parts in the report designer

Report Categories/Subcategories

Can Create New Category?

This permission will determine if a user is able to type in a new category during the save/copy/move actions on a report

Filter Properties

Filter Logic

This permission will determine if a user is able to create their own filter logic in the filter panel of the report designer

Cross Filtering

This permission will determine if a user is able to set cross filtering behavior in their report

Field Properties

Custom URL

This permission will determine if the Custom URL option is visible in the field properties panel of the report designer

Embedded Javascript

This permission will determine if the Embedded Javascript option is visible in the field properties panel of the report designer

Subreport

This permission will determine if the Subreport option is visible in the field properties panel of the report designer

*Actions

Schedule

This permission will allow a user to create scheduled instances in the Schedule tab of of the report designer

Register to Alerts

This permission will allow a user to create alerted instances against a report

Subscribe

This permission will allow a user to create subscribed instances against reports they have access to

Configure Access Rights

This permission will allow a user to share the report by creating Access Rights in the Access tab of the report designer

Email

This permission will allow a user to email the contents of a report that they have access to

Print

This permission will allow a user to print the contents of a report that they have access to

Export

This permission will allow a user to export the contents of a report to any file types they have access to

View Report History

This permission will allow a user to see the version history of a report on their report list

Unarchive Report Version

This permission will allow a user to unarchive older version of reports into their own report objects

Delete

This permission will allow a user to delete existing reports that they have sufficient access to

Overwrite Existing Report

This permission will allow a user to overwrite existing reports that they have been given sufficient access to

Dashboards:

Can create new dashboard?

This permission allows a tenant/role to create new dashboards

Dashboard Categories/Subcategories

Can create new category?

This permission will determine if a user is able to type in a new category during the save/copy/move actions on a dashboard

*Actions

Schedule

This permission will allow a user to create scheduled instances in the Schedule tab of of the dashboard designer

Subscribe

This permission will allow a user to create subscribed instances against dashboards they have access to

Configure Access Rights

This permission will allow a user to share the dashboard by creating Access Rights in the Access tab of the dashboard designer

Email

This permission will allow a user to email the contents of a dashboard that they have access to

Print

This permission will allow a user to print the contents of a dashboard that they have access to

Export

This permission will allow a user to export the contents of a dashboard to any file types they have access to

Delete

This permission will allow a user to delete existing dashboards that they have sufficient access to

Overwrite Existing Report

This permission will allow a user to overwrite existing dashboards that they have been given sufficient access to

Access:

Access Limits

Roles/Users allowed to share with

This dialogue will determine the list of roles and their users that a user can grant report level access to

Access Defaults

This dialogue will allow you to create default access rights that will get set on every report/dashboard members of this role create

NOTE: These are only default values applied. If that same user has Configure Access Rights set, they can remove these Defaults

These default values are also limited by what roles and users are set in the Access Limits portion above

Scheduling:

Scheduling Limits

Roles/Users allowed to share with

This dialogue will determine the list of roles and their users that can be added as valid recipients when e-mailing or scheduling a report/dashboard

Scheduling Scope

System Users

This permission will limit the valid recipients of an e-mail/schedule to only users in the system set in the above Scheduling Limits section

External Users

This permission will allow a user to manually enter an e-mail address as a valid recipient even if it does not match a user account in the system

Emailing:

Delivery Method

Link

This permission will allow a user to send a link to a report in the e-mail body

NOTE: This is a link to the viewer of the report, which means the recipient will have to be authorized by the system in order to access it.

Embedded HTML

This permission will allow a user to send the report contents embedded within the e-mail body

NOTE: The report content is generated from the account of the user sending the e-mail, not the user receiving the content

Attachment

This permission will allow a user to send the report contents in a file attached to the e-mail

NOTE: The report content is generated from the account of the user sending the e-mail, not the user receiving the content

Attachment Type

Word

Excel

PDF

CSV

XML

JSON

Exporting:

Exporting Format

Word

Excel

PDF

CSV

XML

JSON

Query Execution

System-wide:

Can see system messages?

This permission will determine if a tenant/role can see system wide messages that are otherwise only at the system level

Difference Between Tenant Permissions and Role Permissions ¶

Permissions can be set in two place: at the tenant level and at the role level. While a majority of the permission objects are the same, there are some difference between them.

Tenant Level Differences

Tenant Access Checkboxes

This column of checkboxes along the right-hand side of the permissions tab determines if these permission are visible during the Role Setup process

If Tenant Access is not set, then you will not see that permission during role setup, but the role will still inherit what is set behind the scenes

If Tenant Access is set, then you will see that permission during role seutp and can choose to remove that permission from that particular role

If this checkbox is set AND the corresponding permission is set, then you will be able to disable or enable this option on a per-role basis during role setup.

Role Level Differences

Full Report and Dashboard Access

This permission will make this role a reporting power user. They will be able to access every report and dahsboard regardless of this role’s data access or Access Rights that are set on a report

Report Category Accessibility

This dialogue will determine the visiblity/access this role has to the corresponding report category

It is dividied into three containers:

Available Categories

This container will show all report categories that exist in the tenant

Visible Categories

This container will show any report categories that users in this role can see reports within

Categories Allowed for Saving Reports

This container will show any report categories that users in this role can save reports within

NOTE: This dialogue is changed automatically by the Access Rights that get set on certain reports

Dashboard Category Accessibility

This dialogue will determine the visiblity/access this role has to the corresponding report category. It is dividied into three containers:

Available Categories

This container will show all dashboard categories that exist in the tenant

Visible Categories

This container will show any report dashboard that users in this role can see reports within

Categories Allowed for Saving Reports

This container will show any report dashboard that users in this role can save reports within

NOTE: This dialogue is changed automatically by the Access Rights that get set on certain reports

Difference Between System Level Roles and Tenant Level Roles ¶

Roles can exist at both the system level and the tenant level. While a majority of both roles are the same, roles at the system level have a unique Tenant Setup category of their permissions object.

Tenant Setup

Actions

Create

This permission grants access for the role to create new tenants

Edit

This permission grants access for the role to edit existing tenants

Delete

This permission grants access for the role to delete existing tenants

Permissions

This permission will determine if this role has access to the Tenant Setup tab of the Settings page

Permission Settings that Impact UI Elements ¶

Some of the permissions, when not granted to a tenant/role, will cause some of Analytics Center’s UI elements to not render on certain pages. Below are a list of the elements, by page, that can be configured by certain permissions

Report List:

Report Tab +

This is controlled by the Report > Can Create New Report? permission

Print Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Print permission

Export Dropdown

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Export permission

Note that the dropdown options are controlled in the Exporting section of permissions

Email Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Email permission

Subscribe Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Subscribe permission

Version Dialogue

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > View Report History permission

Report Viewer:

Subscribe Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Subscribe permission

Print Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Print permission

Email Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Email permission

Note that the email dialogue is controlled in the Emailing section of permissions

Export Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Export permission

Note that the dropdown options are controlled in the Exporting section of permissions

Edit Dropdown > View History Dialogue

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > View Report History permission

Report Designer:

Report Part Selection

The list of report parts a user can build is controlled by the Report > Report Part Types permissions

Filter Logic

This is controlled by the Reports > Filter Properties > Filter Logic permission

Cross Filtering

This is controlled by the Reports > Filter Properties > Cross Filtering permission

Custom URL

This is controlled by the Reports > Field Properties > Custom URL permission

Embedded Javascript

This is controlled by the Reports > Field Properties > Embedded Javascript permission

Subreports

This is controlled by the Reports > Field Properties > Subreport permission

Scheduling Tab

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Schedule permission

Access Tab

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Configure Access Rights permission

Dashboard List:

Dashboard Tab +

This is controlled by the Report > Can Create New Dashboard? permission

Print Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Print permission

Export Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Export permission

Email Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Email permission

Subscribe Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Subscribe permission

Dashboard Viewer/Designer:

Access Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Configure Access Rights permission

Schedule Button
This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Schedule permission

Print Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Print permission

Export Button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Export permission

Note that the dropdown options are controlled in the Exporting section of permissions

Email button

This is controlled by the Report > Actions > Email permission

Note that the email dialogue is controlled in the Emailing section of permissions

Settings Page:

Data Setup:

Data Model Tab

This is controlled by the Data Setup > Data Model permission

Advanced Settings Tab

2a. Category Tab

This is controlled by the Data Setup > Advanced Settings > Category permission

2b. Others Tab

This is controlled by the Data Setup > Advanced Settings > Others permissions

Role Setup:

Data Model Access Tab

This is controlled by the Role Setup > Data Model Access permission

Permissions Tab

This is controlled by the Role Setup > Permissions permission

2a. Grant Full Report and Dashboard Access Permission

This is controlled by the Role Setup > Grant Role with Full Report and Dashboard Access permission

User Setup:

Configure Password Button

This is controlled by the User Setup > Actions > Configure Password Options permission

User Role Association Dialogue

This is controlled by the User Setup > User Role Association Permission

System Configuration:

Scheduling Tab

This is configured by the System Configuration > Scheduled Instances permission